Poems

Name: Poems
Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes

About the author

American poet and physician known for his witty occasional verse and the Autocrat of the Breakfast Table. His Old Ironsides poem is credited with saving the USS Constitution.

More by Oliver Wendell Holmes

The Autocrat of the Breakfast TableWitty essays on literature, life, and conversation from a Boston breakfast table
The Breakfast Table SeriesSequel essays to Autocrat, continuing conversational musings on various intellectual topics
Old IronsidesPatriotic poem celebrating the USS Constitution and American naval heroism