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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... fruit ; And fruit and leaf are as gold and fire , And the oat is heard above the lyre , And the hoofèd heel of a satyr crushes The chestnut - husk at the chestnut - root . And Pan by noon and Bacchus by night , Fleeter of foot than the ...
... fruit ; And fruit and leaf are as gold and fire , And the oat is heard above the lyre , And the hoofèd heel of a satyr crushes The chestnut - husk at the chestnut - root . And Pan by noon and Bacchus by night , Fleeter of foot than the ...
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... Fruit cannot drop through this thick air- fruit cannot fall into heat that presses up and blunts the points of pears and rounds the grapes . Cut the heat- plough through it , turning it on either side of your path . H.D. AMERICAN ( 1886 ...
... Fruit cannot drop through this thick air- fruit cannot fall into heat that presses up and blunts the points of pears and rounds the grapes . Cut the heat- plough through it , turning it on either side of your path . H.D. AMERICAN ( 1886 ...
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... comfort , these reasonable taboos , Or did you mean it when you stopped ? And the face Resembles yours , the one reflected in the water . JOHN ASHBERY AMERICAN ( B. 1927 ) AUTUMN To Autumn O Autumn , laden with fruit , THE CYCLES Summer.
... comfort , these reasonable taboos , Or did you mean it when you stopped ? And the face Resembles yours , the one reflected in the water . JOHN ASHBERY AMERICAN ( B. 1927 ) AUTUMN To Autumn O Autumn , laden with fruit , THE CYCLES Summer.
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... fruit , and stained With the blood of the grape , pass not , but sit Beneath my shady roof ; there thou mayest rest , And tune thy jolly voice to my fresh pipe ; And all the daughters of the year shall dance ! Sing now the lusty song of ...
... fruit , and stained With the blood of the grape , pass not , but sit Beneath my shady roof ; there thou mayest rest , And tune thy jolly voice to my fresh pipe ; And all the daughters of the year shall dance ! Sing now the lusty song of ...
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... fruits , no flowers , no leaves , no birds , - November ! AUTUMN | 27 THOMAS HOOD ENGLISH ( 1799-1845 ) The Harvest Moon It is the Harvest Moon ! On gilded vanes And roofs of villages , on woodland crests And their aerial neighborhoods ...
... fruits , no flowers , no leaves , no birds , - November ! AUTUMN | 27 THOMAS HOOD ENGLISH ( 1799-1845 ) The Harvest Moon It is the Harvest Moon ! On gilded vanes And roofs of villages , on woodland crests And their aerial neighborhoods ...
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.