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Unsatisfied

By Oliver Wendell Holmes

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"Only a housemaid!" She looked from the kitchen, -     Neat was the kitchen and tidy was she;     There at her window a sempstress sat stitching;     "Were I a sempstress, how happy I'd be!"     "Only a Queen!" She looked over the waters, -     Fair was her kingdom and mighty was she;     There sat an Empress, with Queens for her daughters;     "Were I an Empress, how happy I'd be!"     Still the old frailty they all of them trip in!     Eve in her daughters is ever the same;     Give her all Eden, she sighs for a pippin;     Give her an Empire, she pines for a name!

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About Oliver Wendell Holmes

Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. (1809–1894) was an American poet, physician, and essayist. His poems "Old Ironsides" and "The Chambered Nautilus" are American classics. He was part of the Fireside Poets group.

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