Bartlett's Poems for OccasionsLittle, Brown, 3. sep. 2007 - 544 sider 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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Side x
... thee conversing , I forget all time 155 155 Francis Quarles : Even like two little bank - dividing brooks 156 Anne Bradstreet : To My Dear and Loving Husband 157 Robert Burns : Oh Wert Thou in the Cauld Blast 157 Ezra Pound ( after Li ...
... thee conversing , I forget all time 155 155 Francis Quarles : Even like two little bank - dividing brooks 156 Anne Bradstreet : To My Dear and Loving Husband 157 Robert Burns : Oh Wert Thou in the Cauld Blast 157 Ezra Pound ( after Li ...
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... thee 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.
... thee 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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... The Passionate Shepherd to His Love Sir Walter Ralegh : The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd William Shakespeare : Shall I compare thee to a summer's day 293 291 291 292 William Shakespeare : When in disgrace with fortune and men's.
... The Passionate Shepherd to His Love Sir Walter Ralegh : The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd William Shakespeare : Shall I compare thee to a summer's day 293 291 291 292 William Shakespeare : When in disgrace with fortune and men's.
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... thee ? Let me count the 314 314 311 312 312 ways 315 Alfred , Lord Tennyson : Now sleeps the crimson petal , now the white Dante Gabriel Rossetti : Sudden Light 315 316 Emily Dickinson : Wild Nights ! 317 Robert Bridges : My delight and ...
... thee ? Let me count the 314 314 311 312 312 ways 315 Alfred , Lord Tennyson : Now sleeps the crimson petal , now the white Dante Gabriel Rossetti : Sudden Light 315 316 Emily Dickinson : Wild Nights ! 317 Robert Bridges : My delight and ...
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... thee . O deck her forth with thy fair fingers ; pour Thy soft kisses on her bosom ; and put Thy golden crown upon her languish'd head , Whose modest tresses were bound up for thee ! WILLIAM BLAKE ENGLISH ( 1757-1827 ) Lines Written in ...
... thee . O deck her forth with thy fair fingers ; pour Thy soft kisses on her bosom ; and put Thy golden crown upon her languish'd head , Whose modest tresses were bound up for thee ! WILLIAM BLAKE ENGLISH ( 1757-1827 ) Lines Written in ...
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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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Side 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.