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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... turning into sight , noise into color , is a true occasion , a private one which suddenly radiates outward to include ... turn to verse in times of stress and uncertainty . The aftermath of 9/11 witnessed a sudden surge of interest in ...
... turning into sight , noise into color , is a true occasion , a private one which suddenly radiates outward to include ... turn to verse in times of stress and uncertainty . The aftermath of 9/11 witnessed a sudden surge of interest in ...
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... turn to them , occasions that seem to call for words beyond what we can ourselves easily articulate : a family gather- ing at Thanksgiving ( the Iroquois prayer " The Thanksgivings " ) , the birth of a baby ( Walter De La Mare's " The ...
... turn to them , occasions that seem to call for words beyond what we can ourselves easily articulate : a family gather- ing at Thanksgiving ( the Iroquois prayer " The Thanksgivings " ) , the birth of a baby ( Walter De La Mare's " The ...
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... turns a street , each street a park Made green and trimmed with trees : see how Devotion gives each house a bough Or branch ; each porch , each door , ere this , An ark , a tabernacle is , Made up of white - thorn neatly interwove ...
... turns a street , each street a park Made green and trimmed with trees : see how Devotion gives each house a bough Or branch ; each porch , each door , ere this , An ark , a tabernacle is , Made up of white - thorn neatly interwove ...
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... turn Thine angel eyes upon our western isle , Which in full choir hails thy approach , O Spring ! The hills tell each other , and the list'ning Vallies hear ; all our longing eyes are turned Up to thy bright pavillions : issue forth ...
... turn Thine angel eyes upon our western isle , Which in full choir hails thy approach , O Spring ! The hills tell each other , and the list'ning Vallies hear ; all our longing eyes are turned Up to thy bright pavillions : issue forth ...
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... turn The gazer's eye away . For me , I lie Languidly in the shade , where the thick turf , Yet virgin from the kisses of the sun , Retains some freshness , and I woo the wind That still delays his coming . Why so slow , Gentle and ...
... turn The gazer's eye away . For me , I lie Languidly in the shade , where the thick turf , Yet virgin from the kisses of the sun , Retains some freshness , and I woo the wind That still delays his coming . Why so slow , Gentle and ...
Inhalt
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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.