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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... Trumbull Stickney : I hear a river thro ' the valley wander Robert Frost : The Oven Bird H.D .: Heat Edna St. Vincent Millay : Eel - Grass Langston Hughes : Summer Night Wallace Stevens : The House Was Quiet and the World Was Calm John ...
... Trumbull Stickney : I hear a river thro ' the valley wander Robert Frost : The Oven Bird H.D .: Heat Edna St. Vincent Millay : Eel - Grass Langston Hughes : Summer Night Wallace Stevens : The House Was Quiet and the World Was Calm John ...
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... Trumbull Stickney : Live blindly and upon the hour 132 A. E. Housman : The fairies break their dances 133 A. E. Housman : Loveliest of trees , the cherry now 133 Ernest Dowson : Vitae Summa Brevis Spem Nos Vetat Incohare Longam Edna St ...
... Trumbull Stickney : Live blindly and upon the hour 132 A. E. Housman : The fairies break their dances 133 A. E. Housman : Loveliest of trees , the cherry now 133 Ernest Dowson : Vitae Summa Brevis Spem Nos Vetat Incohare Longam Edna St ...
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... Trumbull Stickney : The passions that we fought with and subdued A. E. Housman : Into my heart an air that kills William Carlos Williams : Thursday 174 174 175 Edna St. Vincent Millay : What lips my lips have kissed , and where , and ...
... Trumbull Stickney : The passions that we fought with and subdued A. E. Housman : Into my heart an air that kills William Carlos Williams : Thursday 174 174 175 Edna St. Vincent Millay : What lips my lips have kissed , and where , and ...
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... TRUMBULL STICKNEY AMERICAN ( 1874-1904 ) The Oven Bird There is a singer everyone has heard , Loud , a mid - summer and a mid - wood bird , Who makes the solid tree trunks sound again . He says that leaves are old and that for flowers ...
... TRUMBULL STICKNEY AMERICAN ( 1874-1904 ) The Oven Bird There is a singer everyone has heard , Loud , a mid - summer and a mid - wood bird , Who makes the solid tree trunks sound again . He says that leaves are old and that for flowers ...
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... TRUMBULL STICKNEY AMERICAN ( 1874-1904 ) November Night Listen . . With faint dry sound , Like steps of passing ghosts , The leaves , frost - crisp'd , break from the trees And fall . ADELAIDE CRAPSEY ... Trumbull Stickney: Mnemosyne.
... TRUMBULL STICKNEY AMERICAN ( 1874-1904 ) November Night Listen . . With faint dry sound , Like steps of passing ghosts , The leaves , frost - crisp'd , break from the trees And fall . ADELAIDE CRAPSEY ... Trumbull Stickney: Mnemosyne.
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.