Bartlett's Poems for OccasionsLittle, Brown, 2007/09/03 - 544 ページ 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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... birth to death and everything in between . Just as Bartlett's Familiar Quotations is the volume everyone reaches for when seeking a pithy citation to spice up an all - important speech or paper , Bartlett's Poems for Occasions is the ...
... birth to death and everything in between . Just as Bartlett's Familiar Quotations is the volume everyone reaches for when seeking a pithy citation to spice up an all - important speech or paper , Bartlett's Poems for Occasions is the ...
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... BIRTH AND INFANCY Thomas Dekker : Golden slumbers kiss your eyes Thomas Traherne : The Salutation Ambrose Philips : To Miss Charlotte Pulteney in her Mother's Arms William Blake : The Angel that presided o'er my birth William Blake ...
... BIRTH AND INFANCY Thomas Dekker : Golden slumbers kiss your eyes Thomas Traherne : The Salutation Ambrose Philips : To Miss Charlotte Pulteney in her Mother's Arms William Blake : The Angel that presided o'er my birth William Blake ...
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... birth of Christ . Then we are carried , poem by poem , through the cycle of human life , from cradle to cof- fin , from Blake's " Infant Joy " to Chidiock Tichborne's " Elegy for Himself , " with stops along the way to hear the songs of ...
... birth of Christ . Then we are carried , poem by poem , through the cycle of human life , from cradle to cof- fin , from Blake's " Infant Joy " to Chidiock Tichborne's " Elegy for Himself , " with stops along the way to hear the songs of ...
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... birth announcement . It is typical for people - especially people who are not habitual readers of poetry to turn to verse in times of stress and uncertainty . The aftermath of 9/11 witnessed a sudden surge of interest in poetry , a ...
... birth announcement . It is typical for people - especially people who are not habitual readers of poetry to turn to verse in times of stress and uncertainty . The aftermath of 9/11 witnessed a sudden surge of interest in poetry , a ...
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... birth of a baby ( Walter De La Mare's " The Birthnight " ) , a graduation ( Langston Hughes's " Dreams " ) , a funeral ( Alfred , Lord Tennyson's " Crossing the Bar " ) , a wedding cer- emony ( William Shakespeare's sonnet " Let me not ...
... birth of a baby ( Walter De La Mare's " The Birthnight " ) , a graduation ( Langston Hughes's " Dreams " ) , a funeral ( Alfred , Lord Tennyson's " Crossing the Bar " ) , a wedding cer- emony ( William Shakespeare's sonnet " Let me not ...
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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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25 ページ - 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.