Bartlett's Poems for OccasionsLittle, Brown, 3 sept 2007 - 544 páginas 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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... cold I feel John Milton : On His Deceased Wife 234 234 Sir Walter Scott : Coronach 234 William Wordsworth : Surprised by joy - impatient as the Wind 235 Percy Bysshe Shelley : Peace , peace ! he is not dead , he doth not sleep 236 Henry ...
... cold I feel John Milton : On His Deceased Wife 234 234 Sir Walter Scott : Coronach 234 William Wordsworth : Surprised by joy - impatient as the Wind 235 Percy Bysshe Shelley : Peace , peace ! he is not dead , he doth not sleep 236 Henry ...
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... cold I feel : my dead wife's comb , in our bedroom , under my heel ... How could any formal elegy on , say , the Duke of Bedford , do more to convey the shock of grief than these three modest lines ? Besides recording private epipha ...
... cold I feel : my dead wife's comb , in our bedroom , under my heel ... How could any formal elegy on , say , the Duke of Bedford , do more to convey the shock of grief than these three modest lines ? Besides recording private epipha ...
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... Cold doth not sting , the pretty birds do sing : Cuckoo , jug - jug , pu - we , to - witta - woo ! The palm and may make country houses gay , Lambs frisk and play , the shepherds pipe all day , SPRING | 5 OF NATURE 61 Cuckoo , jug - jug ...
... Cold doth not sting , the pretty birds do sing : Cuckoo , jug - jug , pu - we , to - witta - woo ! The palm and may make country houses gay , Lambs frisk and play , the shepherds pipe all day , SPRING | 5 OF NATURE 61 Cuckoo , jug - jug ...
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... cold . The ox , which lately did for shelter fly Into the stall , doth now securely lie In open fields ; and love no more is made By the fireside , but in the cooler shade Amyntas now doth with his Chloris sleep Under a sycamore , and ...
... cold . The ox , which lately did for shelter fly Into the stall , doth now securely lie In open fields ; and love no more is made By the fireside , but in the cooler shade Amyntas now doth with his Chloris sleep Under a sycamore , and ...
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... cold stars at the pane , that describes with broad gestures This state of being that is not so big after all . Summer involves going down as a steep flight of steps To a narrow ledge over the water . Is this it , then , This iron ...
... cold stars at the pane , that describes with broad gestures This state of being that is not so big after all . Summer involves going down as a steep flight of steps To a narrow ledge over the water . Is this it , then , This iron ...
Índice
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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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Términos y frases comunes
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
Pasajes populares
Página 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.