Bartlett's Poems for OccasionsLittle, Brown, 3 вер. 2007 р. - 544 стор. 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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... sound William Collins : How sleep the brave , who sink to rest Sir Walter Scott : Breathes there the man with soul so dead Robert Southey : The Battle of Blenheim Alfred , Lord Tennyson : The Charge of the Light Brigade 419 420 420 420 ...
... sound William Collins : How sleep the brave , who sink to rest Sir Walter Scott : Breathes there the man with soul so dead Robert Southey : The Battle of Blenheim Alfred , Lord Tennyson : The Charge of the Light Brigade 419 420 420 420 ...
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... sound turning into sight , noise into color , is a true occasion , a private one which suddenly radiates outward to include all readers . Or take the chill conveyed by this untitled little poem by Buson : What piercing cold I feel : my ...
... sound turning into sight , noise into color , is a true occasion , a private one which suddenly radiates outward to include all readers . Or take the chill conveyed by this untitled little poem by Buson : What piercing cold I feel : my ...
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... sounds And universal motion . He is come , Shaking a shower of blossoms from the shrubs , And bearing on their fragrance ; and he brings Music of birds , and rustling of young boughs , And sound of swaying branches , and the voice Of ...
... sounds And universal motion . He is come , Shaking a shower of blossoms from the shrubs , And bearing on their fragrance ; and he brings Music of birds , and rustling of young boughs , And sound of swaying branches , and the voice Of ...
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... sounds Of the Harlem night Drop one by one into stillness . The last player - piano is closed . The last victrola ceases with the " Jazz Boy Blues . " The last crying baby sleeps And the night becomes Still as a whispering heartbeat . I ...
... sounds Of the Harlem night Drop one by one into stillness . The last player - piano is closed . The last victrola ceases with the " Jazz Boy Blues . " The last crying baby sleeps And the night becomes Still as a whispering heartbeat . I ...
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... there is no other meaning , itself Is calm , itself is summer and night , itself Is the reader leaning late and reading there . WALLACE STEVENS AMERICAN ( 1879-1955 ) SUMMER | 23 OF NATURE 24 | There is that sound like the.
... there is no other meaning , itself Is calm , itself is summer and night , itself Is the reader leaning late and reading there . WALLACE STEVENS AMERICAN ( 1879-1955 ) SUMMER | 23 OF NATURE 24 | There is that sound like the.
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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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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
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Сторінка 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.