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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Página ix
... shadows that we see William Shakespeare ( attrib . ) : Crabbèd Age and Youth Robert Herrick : To the Virgins , to Make Much of Time Aphra Behn : When maidens are young , and in their spring George Gordon , Lord Byron : So , we'll go no ...
... shadows that we see William Shakespeare ( attrib . ) : Crabbèd Age and Youth Robert Herrick : To the Virgins , to Make Much of Time Aphra Behn : When maidens are young , and in their spring George Gordon , Lord Byron : So , we'll go no ...
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... shadows of the woodland She that binds all true loves ' vows , She shall build them bowers tomorrow of Her own green myrtle - boughs . There Dione high enthroned on her lovers lays her law- Loveless hearts shall love tomorrow , hearts ...
... shadows of the woodland She that binds all true loves ' vows , She shall build them bowers tomorrow of Her own green myrtle - boughs . There Dione high enthroned on her lovers lays her law- Loveless hearts shall love tomorrow , hearts ...
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... shadows and windy places With lisp of leaves and ripple of rain ; And the brown 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 ...
... shadows and windy places With lisp of leaves and ripple of rain ; And the brown 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 ...
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... shadow is ample And hardly seen , divided among the twigs of a tree , The trees of a forest , just as life is divided up Between you and me , and among all the others out there . And the thinning - out phase follows The period of ...
... shadow is ample And hardly seen , divided among the twigs of a tree , The trees of a forest , just as life is divided up Between you and me , and among all the others out there . And the thinning - out phase follows The period of ...
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... shadows on the hillside lay to slumber During the long sun - sweetened summer - days . It's cold abroad the country I remember . The swallows veering skimmed the golden grain At midday with a wing aslant and limber ; And yellow cattle ...
... shadows on the hillside lay to slumber During the long sun - sweetened summer - days . It's cold abroad the country I remember . The swallows veering skimmed the golden grain At midday with a wing aslant and limber ; And yellow cattle ...
Índice
3 | |
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.