POEM - Oliver Wendell Holmes: \"Friendship\" For Sale

POEM - Oliver Wendell Holmes: \"Friendship\": Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (March 8, 1841 – March 6, 1935) was an American jurist who served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1902 to 1932.[A] Holmes is one of the most widely cited and influential Supreme Court justices in American history, noted for his long tenure on the Court and for his pithy opinions – particularly those on civil liberties and American constitutional democracy – and deference to the decisions of elected legislatures. Holmes retired from the Court at the age of 90, an unbeaten record for oldest justice on the Supreme Court.[B] He previously served the Union as a brevet colonel in the American Civil War (in which he was wounded three times), as an associate justice and chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, and as Weld Professor of Law at his alma mater, Harvard Law School. His positions, distinctive personality, and writing style made him a popular figure, especially with American progressives. His poem Friendship:
\"There is no friend like an old friendWho has shared our morning daysNo greeting like his welcomeNo homage like his praise.
\"fame is the scentless sunflowerWith gaudy crown of goldBut friendship is the breathing roseWith sweets in every fold.
This Divided Back Era (1907-15) postcard is in good condition. M. T. Shehan. Boston. No. B.586.