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OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES SR. HANDWRITTEN SIGNED POEM

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OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES SR. HANDWRITTEN SIGNED POEM
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES SR. HANDWRITTEN SIGNED POEM
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"THE CHAMBERED NAUTILUS"783. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES SR. (1809-1894). American writer, novelist and poet. Among his best known poems are "Old Ironsides," "The Chambered Nautilus" and "The Wonderful One-Hoss Shay." Very Fine AQS, 1p, 4¾"x7¾", Boston, Jul 5, 1866. Verse from his classic poem "The Chambered Nautilus." In full, "Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul! / As the swift seasons roll / Leave thy low-vaulted past! Let each new temple, nobler than the last, / That thee from Heaven with a dome more vast, / Till thou at length art free, / Leaving thine outgrown shell by life's unresting sea!..." Darkly penned and signed, adding place and date. Est: $350-650

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OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES SR. HANDWRITTEN SIGNED POEM

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