. The library of American history, literature and biography .. . the best fellow in the world, and he was the next best. Dr. Holmes was first and foremost a conversationalist. He talked even on was never the dullness of the written word. His sentences whether in proseor verse were so full of color that they bore the charm of speech. One of his most quoted poems Dorothy Q, is full of this sparkle, and carriesa suggestion of his favorite theme: f Grandmothers mother : her age I guess • * Thirteen summers, or something less; GirUsh bust, but womanly air; Smooth, square forehead with u
. The library of American history, literature and biography .. . the best fellow in the world, and he was the next best. Dr. Holmes was first and foremost a conversationalist. He talked even on was never the dullness of the written word. His sentences whether in proseor verse were so full of color that they bore the charm of speech. One of his most quoted poems Dorothy Q, is full of this sparkle, and carriesa suggestion of his favorite theme: f Grandmothers mother : her age I guess • * Thirteen summers, or something less; GirUsh bust, but womanly air; Smooth, square forehead with uprolled L«ir; Lips that lover has never kissed; Taper fingers and slender wrist; Hanging sleeves of stiff brocade ; So they painted the little maid. :i: * * * »• What if a hundred years ago Those close shut Ups had answered No, When forth the tremulous question came That cost the maiden her Norman name, And under the folds that looked so still The bodice swelled with the bosoms thrill? Should I be I, or would it be One tenth another to nine tenths me? I. I OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES. 357 BILL AND JOE.
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