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 20
... passes under . TRUMBULL STICKNEY AMERICAN ( 1874-1904 ) The Oven Bird There is a singer everyone has heard , Loud , a mid - summer and a mid - wood bird , Who makes the solid tree trunks sound again . He says that leaves are old and ...
... passes under . TRUMBULL STICKNEY AMERICAN ( 1874-1904 ) The Oven Bird There is a singer everyone has heard , Loud , a mid - summer and a mid - wood bird , Who makes the solid tree trunks sound again . He says that leaves are old and ...
Pagina 25
... 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 fruits and flowers . " The narrow bud opens her ...
... 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 fruits and flowers . " The narrow bud opens her ...
Pagina 29
... passing ghosts , The leaves , frost - crisp'd , break from the trees And fall . ADELAIDE CRAPSEY AMERICAN ( 1878-1914 ) Heart of Autumn Wind finds the northwest gap , fall comes . Today , under gray cloud - scud and over gray Wind ...
... passing ghosts , The leaves , frost - crisp'd , break from the trees And fall . ADELAIDE CRAPSEY AMERICAN ( 1878-1914 ) Heart of Autumn Wind finds the northwest gap , fall comes . Today , under gray cloud - scud and over gray Wind ...
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Inhoudsopgave
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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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.