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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... 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 419 420 420 420 421 422 422 423 425 Stephen Crane : War Is Kind 427 ...
... 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 419 420 420 420 421 422 422 423 425 Stephen Crane : War Is Kind 427 ...
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... rest in the darkness , Weary as the tired night , My soul Empty as the silence , Empty with a vague , Aching emptiness , Desiring , Needing someone , Something . I toss without rest In the darkness Until the new THE CYCLES Eel - Grass.
... rest in the darkness , Weary as the tired night , My soul Empty as the silence , Empty with a vague , Aching emptiness , Desiring , Needing someone , Something . I toss without rest In the darkness Until the new THE CYCLES Eel - Grass.
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Geoffrey O'Brien, Billy Collins. I toss without rest In the darkness Until the new dawn , Wan and pale , Descends like a white mist Into the court - yard . LANGSTON HUGHES AMERICAN ( 1902-1967 ) The House Was Quiet and the World Was Calm ...
Geoffrey O'Brien, Billy Collins. I toss without rest In the darkness Until the new dawn , Wan and pale , Descends like a white mist Into the court - yard . LANGSTON HUGHES AMERICAN ( 1902-1967 ) The House Was Quiet and the World Was Calm ...
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... rest , And tune thy jolly voice to my fresh pipe ; And all the daughters of the year shall dance ! Sing now the lusty song of fruits and flowers . " The narrow bud opens her beauties to The sun , and love runs in her thrilling veins ...
... rest , And tune thy jolly voice to my fresh pipe ; And all the daughters of the year shall dance ! Sing now the lusty song of fruits and flowers . " The narrow bud opens her beauties to The sun , and love runs in her thrilling veins ...
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... rests ! Gone are the birds that were our summer guests , With the last sheaves return the laboring wains ! All things are symbols : the external shows Of Nature have their image in the mind , As flowers and fruits and falling of the ...
... rests ! Gone are the birds that were our summer guests , With the last sheaves return the laboring wains ! All things are symbols : the external shows Of Nature have their image in the mind , As flowers and fruits and falling of the ...
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.