Bartlett's Poems for OccasionsLittle, Brown, 03.09.2007 - 544 Seiten Bartlett's Poems for Occasions, an entertaining, thought-provoking companion to the bestselling Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, is the book to turn to for any circumstance -- from birth to death and everything in between. Under the direction of esteemed poet and writer Geoffrey O'Brien, Bartlett's Poems for Occasions will inspire you to turn to poetry to celebrate a new baby or marriage, toast a colleague, cheer a graduate, honor a birthday, deliver a eulogy, or add zest to a holiday party. It is the perfect solution to the age-old question, What should I say? |
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... Alexander Pope : The Dying Christian to His Soul Henry King : Like to the falling of a star 211 212 212 213 213 213 213 215 216 218 218 218 219 219 220 xiii CONTENTS Lady Carolina Nairne : The Land o ' xii | CONTENTS.
... Alexander Pope : The Dying Christian to His Soul Henry King : Like to the falling of a star 211 212 212 213 213 213 213 215 216 218 218 218 219 219 220 xiii CONTENTS Lady Carolina Nairne : The Land o ' xii | CONTENTS.
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... fall Samuel Johnson : On the Death of Mr Robert Levet Samuel Taylor Coleridge : Work without Hope 272 272 272 273 274 John Keats : When I have fears that I may cease to be 275 Henry David Thoreau : My life has been the poem I would have ...
... fall Samuel Johnson : On the Death of Mr Robert Levet Samuel Taylor Coleridge : Work without Hope 272 272 272 273 274 John Keats : When I have fears that I may cease to be 275 Henry David Thoreau : My life has been the poem I would have ...
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... Fall , leaves , fall ; die , flowers , away 386 Emily Dickinson : There's a certain Slant of light Alfred , Lord Tennyson : Tears , idle tears , I know not what they mean Ernest Dowson : Dregs 387 387 388 Gerard Manley Hopkins : No ...
... Fall , leaves , fall ; die , flowers , away 386 Emily Dickinson : There's a certain Slant of light Alfred , Lord Tennyson : Tears , idle tears , I know not what they mean Ernest Dowson : Dregs 387 387 388 Gerard Manley Hopkins : No ...
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... or memorized that they have in effect become part of the language . The surprise of meeting up with a phrase such as " into each life some rain must fall " in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's " The Rainy Day " or " all INTRODUCTION ...
... or memorized that they have in effect become part of the language . The surprise of meeting up with a phrase such as " into each life some rain must fall " in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's " The Rainy Day " or " all INTRODUCTION ...
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... falls with the Bacchanal's hair Over her eyebrows hiding her eyes ; The wild vine slipping down leaves bare Her bright breast shortening into sighs ; The wild vine slips with the weight of its leaves , But the berried ivy catches and ...
... falls with the Bacchanal's hair Over her eyebrows hiding her eyes ; The wild vine slipping down leaves bare Her bright breast shortening into sighs ; The wild vine slips with the weight of its leaves , But the berried ivy catches and ...
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3 | |
25 | |
VALENTINES | 41 |
CELEBRATING FAMILY | 51 |
THE FOURTH OF JULY | 61 |
THE CHRISTMAS SEASON | 78 |
YOUTH AND ITS PLEASURES | 123 |
INTO ADULTHOOD | 136 |
Why so pale and wan fond lover | 305 |
To | 311 |
Wild Nights | 317 |
SEPARATIONS AND FAREWELLS | 341 |
SOLITUDE | 361 |
These | 391 |
SPIRITUAL AWAKENING | 400 |
Gratitude to the Unknown Instructors | 407 |
MARRIAGE | 146 |
Still Here | 177 |
RETIREMENT FROM WORK AND FROM THE WORLD | 183 |
Leisure | 189 |
His Execution | 215 |
On the Death of | 231 |
Sleep brings no joy | 237 |
Requiescat | 243 |
THE HUMAN CONDITION | 251 |
CONTENTMENT | 265 |
THE WORKING LIFE | 272 |
LOVE AND PASSION | 282 |
When in disgrace with fortune and mens eyes | 293 |
The Ecstasy | 299 |
THE FATES OF NATIONS AND EMPIRES | 413 |
IN TIME OF WAR | 420 |
FROM THE AMERICAN STORY | 437 |
Reconciliation | 453 |
THE UNKNOWN AND THE UNKNOWABLE | 472 |
Heart of Autumn | 486 |
73 | 495 |
21 | 496 |
26 | 502 |
78 | 505 |
83 | 83 |
89 | 89 |
96 | 96 |
The Sky is low the Clouds are mean | 130 |
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A. E. HOUSMAN AMERICAN ARTHUR WALEY auld auld lang syne beautiful birds blue breath buyer Chapter client cold communication components CONDITION cuckoo dark dead death doth dream E. E. CUMMINGS earth eyes fall fire flowers friends gone green grief hand happy hath hear heart heaven HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW hill home inspectors inspection kiss laugh leaves light live look Lord mind MOMENTS AND ULTIMATE moon morning never night o'er Oh stay pleasure poems rain Ring river ROBERT ROBERT FROST roof rose round seller shadows silence sing sleep smile snow song soul spring stars summer sweet tell thee things thou thought TRANSLATED trees TRUMBULL STICKNEY ULTIMATE MATTERS VINCENT MILLAY voice wild WILLIAM BLAKE WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE ENGLISH WILLIAM WORDSWORTH wind winter wood youth
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Seite 25 - To bend with apples the mossed cottage-trees, And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core ; To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells With a sweet kernel ; to set budding more, And still more, later flowers for the bees, Until they think warm days will never cease ; For Summer has o'erbrimmed their clammy cells.