This man wrote a poem about a man who once "had a Roman nose" and a cheek like a rose, butnow looks silly because of the "old three-cornered hat, and the breeches, and all that.
This man wrote a poem about a man who once "had a Roman nose" and a cheek like a rose, butnow looks silly because of the "old three-cornered hat, and the breeches, and all that." That poemwas inspired by Thomas Melvill and titled "The Last Leaf." He wrote another poem about an objectwhich "No more shall feel the victor's tread, or know the conquered knee." He called one object "theventurous bark that flings on the sweet summer wind its purpled wings" in a poem which includesthe line (*) "Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul." Another of his poems includes theadmonishment "the harpies of the shore shall pluck the eagle of the sea!" and was written to protest thedecommissioning of the USS Constitution. For 10 points, name this American poet of "The ChamberedNautilus" and "Old Ironsides."
This man wrote a poem about a man who once "had a Roman nose" and a cheek like a rose, butnow looks silly because of the "old three-cornered hat, and the breeches, and all that.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.