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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... Never weather - beaten sail more willing bent to shore John Donne : Thou hast made me , and shall thy work decay John Donne : Death , be not proud though some have called thee Alexander Pope : The Dying Christian to His Soul Henry King ...
... Never weather - beaten sail more willing bent to shore John Donne : Thou hast made me , and shall thy work decay John Donne : Death , be not proud though some have called thee Alexander Pope : The Dying Christian to His Soul Henry King ...
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... never travelled ... 328 W. H. Auden : Lay your sleeping 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 ...
... never travelled ... 328 W. H. Auden : Lay your sleeping 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 ...
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... never heard anyone humming a building , " Sammy Cahn once snapped in defense of his deci- sion to be a lyricist and not an architect . Nor can you memorize a statue or recite a painting . But a poem you can easily carry with you in one ...
... never heard anyone humming a building , " Sammy Cahn once snapped in defense of his deci- sion to be a lyricist and not an architect . Nor can you memorize a statue or recite a painting . But a poem you can easily carry with you in one ...
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... never could recapture The first fine careless rapture ! And though the fields look rough with hoary dew , All will be gay when noontide wakes anew The buttercups , the little children's dower - Far brighter than this gaudy melon ...
... never could recapture The first fine careless rapture ! And though the fields look rough with hoary dew , All will be gay when noontide wakes anew The buttercups , the little children's dower - Far brighter than this gaudy melon ...
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... never now . Sing cuckoo , now , sing cuckoo ! Sing cuckoo ! sing cuckoo , now ! ANONYMOUS ENGLISH ( 13TH CENTURY ) SUMMER 17 OF NATURE 18 Now welcome , somer , with thy Lizette Woodworth Reese: The White Fury of the Spring SUMMER ...
... never now . Sing cuckoo , now , sing cuckoo ! Sing cuckoo ! sing cuckoo , now ! ANONYMOUS ENGLISH ( 13TH CENTURY ) SUMMER 17 OF NATURE 18 Now welcome , somer , with thy Lizette Woodworth Reese: The White Fury of the Spring SUMMER ...
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.