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Lot #561
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr

The desirable closing stanza of ‘The Chambered Nautilus’

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The desirable closing stanza of ‘The Chambered Nautilus’

AQS, signed “Oliver Wendell Holmes, Boston, July 5th, 1866,” on an off-white 4.75 x 8 sheet. Holmes pens the final stanza from his 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, Shut thee from heaven with a dome more vast, Till thou at length art free, Leaving thine outgrown shell by life's unresting sea!” In fine condition. A superb example from arguably his best known work. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.

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  • Dates: #377 - Ended October 12, 2011





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