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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... once more I stand 240 Elizabeth Barrett Browning : Grief 240 Robert Browning : May and Death 241 Matthew Arnold : Requiescat Oscar Wilde : Requiescat Thomas Hardy : The Haunter 242 242 243 Thomas Hardy : The Voice Thomas Hardy : His ...
... once more I stand 240 Elizabeth Barrett Browning : Grief 240 Robert Browning : May and Death 241 Matthew Arnold : Requiescat Oscar Wilde : Requiescat Thomas Hardy : The Haunter 242 242 243 Thomas Hardy : The Voice Thomas Hardy : His ...
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... once over again Elizabeth Barrett Browning : If thou must love me , let it be for nought Elizabeth Barrett Browning : How do I love thee ? Let me count the 314 314 311 312 312 ways 315 Alfred , Lord Tennyson : Now sleeps the crimson ...
... once over again Elizabeth Barrett Browning : If thou must love me , let it be for nought Elizabeth Barrett Browning : How do I love thee ? Let me count the 314 314 311 312 312 ways 315 Alfred , Lord Tennyson : Now sleeps the crimson ...
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... Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide 443 Julia Ward Howe : Battle - Hymn of the Republic 445 Herman Melville : Shiloh 445 Herman Melville : The House - top 446 Paul Laurence Dunbar : The Colored Soldiers 447 John ...
... Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide 443 Julia Ward Howe : Battle - Hymn of the Republic 445 Herman Melville : Shiloh 445 Herman Melville : The House - top 446 Paul Laurence Dunbar : The Colored Soldiers 447 John ...
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... once snapped in defense of his deci- sion to be a lyricist and not an architect . Nor can you memorize a statue or recite a painting . But a poem you can easily carry with you in one of the inside pockets of memory , and you can pull it ...
... once snapped in defense of his deci- sion to be a lyricist and not an architect . Nor can you memorize a statue or recite a painting . But a poem you can easily carry with you in one of the inside pockets of memory , and you can pull it ...
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... once more . ANONYMOUS LATIN ( 3RD CENTURY ) TRANSLATED BY F. L. LUCAS Spring , the sweet spring , is the year's pleasant king Spring , the sweet spring , is the year's pleasant king ; Then blooms each thing , then maids dance in a ring ...
... once more . ANONYMOUS LATIN ( 3RD CENTURY ) TRANSLATED BY F. L. LUCAS Spring , the sweet spring , is the year's pleasant king Spring , the sweet spring , is the year's pleasant king ; Then blooms each thing , then maids dance in a ring ...
Inhalt
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.