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Quotation by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
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A Rhymed Lesson (1848)"A Rhymed Lesson"Intramural Aestivationlecture, March 2, 1871, New YorkOld IronsidesRelated Subjects
youth (24) death (15) love (11) wisdom (11) aging (9) memory (7) experience (6) folly (6) time (5) women (5)
And if I should live to be
The last leaf upon the tree
In the spring,
Let them smile, as I do now,
At the old forsaken bough
Where I cling.
The last leaf upon the tree
In the spring,
Let them smile, as I do now,
At the old forsaken bough
Where I cling.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809–1894), U.S. physician, writer. The Last Leaf (l. 43–48). . .
Norton Anthology of American Literature, The, Vols. I–II. Nina Baym and others, eds. (2d ed., 1985) W. W. Norton & Company.
Norton Anthology of American Literature, The, Vols. I–II. Nina Baym and others, eds. (2d ed., 1985) W. W. Norton & Company.
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