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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... feet in ancient time 402 Anonymous ( Shaker hymn ) : Simple Gifts 403 Ralph Waldo Emerson : Sursum Corda 403 Walt Whitman : A Noiseless Patient Spider 404 Christina Rossetti : The Thread of Life 404 Rainer Maria Rilke ( trans . Edward ...
... feet in ancient time 402 Anonymous ( Shaker hymn ) : Simple Gifts 403 Ralph Waldo Emerson : Sursum Corda 403 Walt Whitman : A Noiseless Patient Spider 404 Christina Rossetti : The Thread of Life 404 Rainer Maria Rilke ( trans . Edward ...
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... feet , Young lovers meet , old wives a - sunning sit ; In every street these tunes our ears do greet : Cuckoo , jug - jug , pu - we , to - witta - woo ! Spring , the sweet spring ! THOMAS NASHE ENGLISH ( 1567-1601 ? ) When daisies pied ...
... feet , Young lovers meet , old wives a - sunning sit ; In every street these tunes our ears do greet : Cuckoo , jug - jug , pu - we , to - witta - woo ! Spring , the sweet spring ! THOMAS NASHE ENGLISH ( 1567-1601 ? ) When daisies pied ...
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... feet visit our clime . Come o'er the eastern hills , and let our winds Kiss thy perfumed garments ; let us taste Thy morn and evening breath ; scatter thy pearls Upon our love - sick land that mourns for thee . O deck her forth with thy ...
... feet visit our clime . Come o'er the eastern hills , and let our winds Kiss thy perfumed garments ; let us taste Thy morn and evening breath ; scatter thy pearls Upon our love - sick land that mourns for thee . O deck her forth with thy ...
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... feet ; For the faint east quickens , the wan west shivers , 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 ...
... feet ; For the faint east quickens , the wan west shivers , 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 ...
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... feet that scare The wolf that follows , the fawn that flies . ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE ENGLISH ( 1837-1909 ) Spring Nothing is so beautiful as Spring - When weeds , in wheels , shoot long and lovely and lush ; Thrush's eggs look ...
... feet that scare The wolf that follows , the fawn that flies . ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE ENGLISH ( 1837-1909 ) Spring Nothing is so beautiful as Spring - When weeds , in wheels , shoot long and lovely and lush ; Thrush's eggs look ...
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.