Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr

AQS on an off-white 8.5 x 5 sheet, signed at the conclusion in ink, "Oliver Wendell Holmes, Boston, Dec. 8th 1870." Holmes pens a stanza from '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!" Attractively cloth-matted and framed with a print of Andrew Wyeth's 'Chambered Nautilus' to an overall size of 21.75 x 22. In fine condition. A superb example from arguably his best known work.