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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... Round of the Year , the Cycles of Life , the Human Condition , and Public Moments and Ultimate Matters - Bartlett's Poems for Occasions pro- vides the perfect vehicle to translate the wisdom and expression of the greatest works of ...
... Round of the Year , the Cycles of Life , the Human Condition , and Public Moments and Ultimate Matters - Bartlett's Poems for Occasions pro- vides the perfect vehicle to translate the wisdom and expression of the greatest works of ...
Pagina vi
... round me 35 w w w w wwww N N 33 31 32 29 30 31 29 Emily Dickinson : The Sky is low , the Clouds are mean William Carlos Williams : January 36 36 A. R. Ammons : Winter Scene 37 Ezra Pound : Ancient Music 37 Robert Frost : Dust of Snow ...
... round me 35 w w w w wwww N N 33 31 32 29 30 31 29 Emily Dickinson : The Sky is low , the Clouds are mean William Carlos Williams : January 36 36 A. R. Ammons : Winter Scene 37 Ezra Pound : Ancient Music 37 Robert Frost : Dust of Snow ...
Pagina xxvii
... Round of the Year , " are ones that celebrate the rituals of seasonal holidays , including New Year's , Mother's and Father's Days , the Fourth of July , and Thanksgiving . The third part , " The Cycles of Life , " includes poems trac ...
... Round of the Year , " are ones that celebrate the rituals of seasonal holidays , including New Year's , Mother's and Father's Days , the Fourth of July , and Thanksgiving . The third part , " The Cycles of Life , " includes poems trac ...
Pagina 12
... Round the elm - tree bole are in tiny leaf , While the chaffinch sings on the orchard bough In England - now ! And after April , when May follows , And the whitethroat builds , and all the swallows ! Hark , where my blossomed pear ...
... Round the elm - tree bole are in tiny leaf , While the chaffinch sings on the orchard bough In England - now ! And after April , when May follows , And the whitethroat builds , and all the swallows ! Hark , where my blossomed pear ...
Pagina 13
... Round the feet of the day and the feet of the night . Where shall we find her , how shall we sing to her , Fold our hands round her knees , and cling ? O that man's heart were as fire and could spring to her , Fire , or the strength of ...
... Round the feet of the day and the feet of the night . Where shall we find her , how shall we sing to her , Fold our hands round her knees , and cling ? O that man's heart were as fire and could spring to her , Fire , or the strength of ...
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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.