Bartlett's Poems for OccasionsLittle, Brown, 3 sep 2007 - 544 pagina's 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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Pagina x
... boy 168 Friedrich Hölderlin : Half of Life 168 Charles Lamb : The Old Familiar Faces 169 Leigh Hunt : Jenny kissed me when we met 170 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow : Mezzo Cammin 170 CONTENTS | xi Henry David Thoreau : I am a x | CONTENTS.
... boy 168 Friedrich Hölderlin : Half of Life 168 Charles Lamb : The Old Familiar Faces 169 Leigh Hunt : Jenny kissed me when we met 170 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow : Mezzo Cammin 170 CONTENTS | xi Henry David Thoreau : I am a x | CONTENTS.
Pagina xvi
... face 293 294 Thomas Campion : Thrice Toss These Oaken Ashes 294 Thomas Campion : My sweetest Lesbia , let us live and love 295 Ben Jonson : To Celia 296 John Donne : The Good - Morrow 296 John Donne : The Sun Rising 297 John Donne : To ...
... face 293 294 Thomas Campion : Thrice Toss These Oaken Ashes 294 Thomas Campion : My sweetest Lesbia , let us live and love 295 Ben Jonson : To Celia 296 John Donne : The Good - Morrow 296 John Donne : The Sun Rising 297 John Donne : To ...
Pagina xxiii
... face - to - face meeting of the two nation's laureates . Did Rita Dove ever have a drink with Ted Hughes ? we won- dered . And then we decided to agree that our meeting was unprecedented , if only to bring a bit of historical weight to ...
... face - to - face meeting of the two nation's laureates . Did Rita Dove ever have a drink with Ted Hughes ? we won- dered . And then we decided to agree that our meeting was unprecedented , if only to bring a bit of historical weight to ...
Pagina xxxii
... face of global chaos and environmental degradation , of a catastrophe apocalyptic in scale . In any event the individual is inclined to wonder if anyone could conceivably have witnessed or undergone such things before . In the collision ...
... face of global chaos and environmental degradation , of a catastrophe apocalyptic in scale . In any event the individual is inclined to wonder if anyone could conceivably have witnessed or undergone such things before . In the collision ...
Pagina 12
... faces , The tongueless vigil , and all the pain . Come with bows bent and with emptying of quivers , Maiden most perfect , lady of light , With a noise of winds and many rivers , With THE CYCLES Home - Thoughts , from Abroad.
... faces , The tongueless vigil , and all the pain . Come with bows bent and with emptying of quivers , Maiden most perfect , lady of light , With a noise of winds and many rivers , With THE CYCLES Home - Thoughts , from Abroad.
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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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Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
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
Populaire passages
Pagina 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.