The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes — Volume 12THE POETICAL WORKSReading editionChapter navigation30 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterTHE POETICAL WORKSVERSES FROM THE OLDEST PORTFOLIOTRANSLATION FROM THE ENEID, BOOK I.THE MEETING OF THE DRYADSTHE MYSTERIOUS VISITORTHE TOADSTOOLTHE SPECTRE PIGTO A CAGED LIONTHE STAR AND THE WATER-LILYILLUSTRATION OF A PICTUREA ROMAN AQUEDUCTFROM A BACHELOR'S PRIVATE JOURNALLA GRISETTEOUR YANKEE GIRLSL'INCONNUESTANZASLINES BY A CLERKTHE PHILOSOPHER TO HIS LOVETHE POET'S LOTTO A BLANK SHEET OF PAPERTO THE PORTRAIT OF "A GENTLEMAN"THE BALLAD OF THE OYSTERMANA NOONTIDE LYRICTHE HOT SEASONA PORTRAITAN EVENING THOUGHTTHE WASP AND THE HORNET"QUI VIVE?"NOTES.Previous chapter ←Front matterNext chapter →VERSES FROM THE OLDEST PORTFOLIOAll chapters and sections (30)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsTHE POETICAL WORKSVERSES FROM THE OLDEST PORTFOLIOBooks1Book 1 · Other sectionsTHE MEETING OF THE DRYADSTHE MYSTERIOUS VISITORTHE TOADSTOOLTHE SPECTRE PIGTO A CAGED LIONTHE STAR AND THE WATER-LILYILLUSTRATION OF A PICTUREA ROMAN AQUEDUCTFROM A BACHELOR'S PRIVATE JOURNALLA GRISETTEOUR YANKEE GIRLSL'INCONNUESTANZASLINES BY A CLERKTHE PHILOSOPHER TO HIS LOVETHE POET'S LOTTO A BLANK SHEET OF PAPERTO THE PORTRAIT OF "A GENTLEMAN"THE BALLAD OF THE OYSTERMANA NOONTIDE LYRICTHE HOT SEASONA PORTRAITAN EVENING THOUGHTTHE WASP AND THE HORNET"QUI VIVE?"NOTES.OFOLIVER WENDELL HOLMES[Volume 3 of the 1893 three volume set]◇VERSES FROM THE OLDEST PORTFOLIOFROM THE "COLLEGIAN," 1830, ILLUSTRATED ANNUALS, ETC.← Front matterVERSES FROM THE OLDEST PORTFOLIO →