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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... head , my love 328 James Merrill : The Kimono 330 Frank O'Hara : Having a Coke with You 330 Kenneth Patchen : 23rd Street Runs into Heaven 332 Rosario Castellanos ( trans . Magda Bogin ) : Elegy 332 Pablo Neruda ( trans . Stephen ...
... head , my love 328 James Merrill : The Kimono 330 Frank O'Hara : Having a Coke with You 330 Kenneth Patchen : 23rd Street Runs into Heaven 332 Rosario Castellanos ( trans . Magda Bogin ) : Elegy 332 Pablo Neruda ( trans . Stephen ...
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... head , Whose modest tresses were bound up for thee ! WILLIAM BLAKE ENGLISH ( 1757-1827 ) Lines Written in Early Spring I heard a thousand blended THE CYCLES Welcome the coming of the long'd - for May . Thomas Carew: The Spring 902 ...
... head , Whose modest tresses were bound up for thee ! WILLIAM BLAKE ENGLISH ( 1757-1827 ) Lines Written in Early Spring I heard a thousand blended THE CYCLES Welcome the coming of the long'd - for May . Thomas Carew: The Spring 902 ...
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... head . " The spirits of the air live on the smells Of fruit ; and joy , with pinions light , roves round The gardens , or sits singing in the trees . " Thus sang the jolly Autumn as he sat ; Then rose , girded himself , and o'er the ...
... head . " The spirits of the air live on the smells Of fruit ; and joy , with pinions light , roves round The gardens , or sits singing in the trees . " Thus sang the jolly Autumn as he sat ; Then rose , girded himself , and o'er the ...
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... head across a brook ; Or by a cider - press , with patient look , Thou watchest the last oozings , hours by hours . Where are the songs of Spring ? Ay , where are they ? Think not of them , thou hast thy music too , While barred clouds ...
... head across a brook ; Or by a cider - press , with patient look , Thou watchest the last oozings , hours by hours . Where are the songs of Spring ? Ay , where are they ? Think not of them , thou hast thy music too , While barred clouds ...
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... Head for a land of warm water , the boom , the lead pellet . Some crumple in air , fall . Some stagger , recover control , Then take the last glide for a far glint of water . None AUTUMN | 29 OF NATURE 30 | How tirelessly V upon V ...
... Head for a land of warm water , the boom , the lead pellet . Some crumple in air , fall . Some stagger , recover control , Then take the last glide for a far glint of water . None AUTUMN | 29 OF NATURE 30 | How tirelessly V upon V ...
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.