The old man dreams : autograph manuscript poem signed, 1854 Nov. 23.

Bound with the autograph manuscript of parts 3-12 of The Autocrat at the Breakfast Table (MA 193); see collection level record for more information.
The date of this manuscript is that on which Holmes read the poem at the annual meeting of the Harvard class of '29, not necessarily that on which the manuscript was penned.
The text of this manuscript differs considerably from that of the printed version.