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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... Bright star , would I were steadfast as thou art John Keats : Lines Supposed to Have Been Addressed to Fanny Brawne Ralph Waldo Emerson : Give all to love Elizabeth Barrett Browning : Say over again , and yet once over again Elizabeth ...
... Bright star , would I were steadfast as thou art John Keats : Lines Supposed to Have Been Addressed to Fanny Brawne Ralph Waldo Emerson : Give all to love Elizabeth Barrett Browning : Say over again , and yet once over again Elizabeth ...
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... bright pavillions : issue forth , And let thy holy feet visit our clime . Come o'er the eastern hills , and let our winds Kiss thy perfumed garments ; let us taste Thy morn and evening breath ; scatter thy pearls Upon our love - sick ...
... bright pavillions : issue forth , And let thy holy feet visit our clime . Come o'er the eastern hills , and let our winds Kiss thy perfumed garments ; let us taste Thy morn and evening breath ; scatter thy pearls Upon our love - sick ...
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... bright nightingale amorous Is half assuaged for Itylus , For the Thracian ships and the foreign faces , The tongueless vigil , and all the pain . Come with bows bent and with emptying of quivers , Maiden most perfect , lady of light ...
... bright nightingale amorous Is half assuaged for Itylus , For the Thracian ships and the foreign faces , The tongueless vigil , and all the pain . Come with bows bent and with emptying of quivers , Maiden most perfect , lady of light ...
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... bright breast shortening into sighs ; The wild vine slips with the weight of its leaves , But the berried ivy catches and cleaves To the limbs that glitter , the feet that scare The wolf that follows , the fawn that flies . ALGERNON ...
... bright breast shortening into sighs ; The wild vine slips with the weight of its leaves , But the berried ivy catches and cleaves To the limbs that glitter , the feet that scare The wolf that follows , the fawn that flies . ALGERNON ...
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... Bright clouds , Motionless pillars of the brazen heaven Their bases on the mountains- their white tops Shining in the far ether - fire the air With a reflected radiance , and make turn The gazer's eye away . For me , I lie Languidly in ...
... Bright clouds , Motionless pillars of the brazen heaven Their bases on the mountains- their white tops Shining in the far ether - fire the air With a reflected radiance , and make turn The gazer's eye away . For me , I lie Languidly in ...
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.