Oliver Wendell Holmes: Poetry Glossary

By Lina Christoph · Edited by Patrick Kennedy · Last reviewed April 07, 2019

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Written by Lina Christoph

jocund ("The Meeting Of The Dryads")

cheerful, jolly

sacrilegious ("The Meeting Of The Dryads")

blasphemous, sinful, godless

roseate ("The Old Player")

rose-colored

parsimonious ("The Old Player")

very frugal, cheap, stingy

evanescent ("The Old Player")

fading, withering away

perchance ("The Only Daughter")

by chance, at random

alas ("The Only Daughter")

unfortunately, regrettably

benedictions ("To Frederick Henry Hedge")

blessings, prayers

chanticleer ("To Govenor Swain")

rooster, male chicken

beauteous ("To The Eleven Ladies")

beautiful, fair

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