Bartlett's Poems for OccasionsBartlett'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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Page ix
... eyes are blue Dylan Thomas : Fern Hill 116 117 118 YOUTH AND ITS PLEASURES Phyllis McGinley : Portrait of Girl with Comic Book Elizabeth Bishop : In the Waiting Room Robert Wever : In Youth Is Pleasure Samuel Daniel : Are they shadows ...
... eyes are blue Dylan Thomas : Fern Hill 116 117 118 YOUTH AND ITS PLEASURES Phyllis McGinley : Portrait of Girl with Comic Book Elizabeth Bishop : In the Waiting Room Robert Wever : In Youth Is Pleasure Samuel Daniel : Are they shadows ...
Page xvi
... eyes Thomas Campion : There is a garden in her 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 ...
... eyes Thomas Campion : There is a garden in her 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 ...
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... eyes , in her heart January . THOMAS CAREW ENGLISH ( 1595 ? -1639 ? ) To Spring O thou with dewy locks , who lookest down Thro ' the clear windows of the morning , turn Thine angel eyes upon our western isle , Which in full choir hails ...
... eyes , in her heart January . THOMAS CAREW ENGLISH ( 1595 ? -1639 ? ) To Spring O thou with dewy locks , who lookest down Thro ' the clear windows of the morning , turn Thine angel eyes upon our western isle , Which in full choir hails ...
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... eyes ; The wild vine slipping down leaves bare Her bright breast shortening into sighs ; The wild vine slips with the weight of its leaves , But the berried ivy catches and cleaves To the limbs that glitter , the feet that scare The ...
... eyes ; The wild vine slipping down leaves bare Her bright breast shortening into sighs ; The wild vine slips with the weight of its leaves , But the berried ivy catches and cleaves To the limbs that glitter , the feet that scare The ...
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... the country I remember . I had a sister lovely in my sight : Her hair was dark , her eyes were very sombre ; We sang together in the woods at night . It's lonely in the country I remember . The babble THE CYCLES The Latter Rain.
... the country I remember . I had a sister lovely in my sight : Her hair was dark , her eyes were very sombre ; We sang together in the woods at night . It's lonely in the country I remember . The babble THE CYCLES The Latter Rain.
Contents
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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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Common terms and phrases
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
Popular passages
Page 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.