← Oliver Wendell HolmesThe Autocrat of the Breakfast Tableby Oliver Wendell HolmesWitty essays on literature, life, and conversation from a Boston breakfast tableFind on Amazon↗About the authorOliver Wendell HolmesAmerican 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 HolmesPoems→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→