Great Occasions: Readings for the Celebration of Birth, Coming-of-age, Marriage, and Death |
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... never any part of the mother , never at any time at all a part of the maternal life . The new life is on its own though it lives as a parasite on the old , a benign parasite , doing the mother no harm and destined at term to set the ...
... never any part of the mother , never at any time at all a part of the maternal life . The new life is on its own though it lives as a parasite on the old , a benign parasite , doing the mother no harm and destined at term to set the ...
Page 209
... never breathed ; Unsatisfied curiosities ; Unfortunates who counted on their help ; The peace , the serenity they were hoping to attain— And then suddenly " les jeux sont faits ... Never more will the wind cherish you again , never 209 DEATH.
... never breathed ; Unsatisfied curiosities ; Unfortunates who counted on their help ; The peace , the serenity they were hoping to attain— And then suddenly " les jeux sont faits ... Never more will the wind cherish you again , never 209 DEATH.
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... never ; Which neither listlessness , nor mad endeavour , Nor Man nor Boy , Nor all that is at enmity with joy , Can ... never sipped , Have wine of her in my heart's blood Whom I never understood . You were tender and benign , Trusting ...
... never ; Which neither listlessness , nor mad endeavour , Nor Man nor Boy , Nor all that is at enmity with joy , Can ... never sipped , Have wine of her in my heart's blood Whom I never understood . You were tender and benign , Trusting ...
Contents
An eye comes out of the wave | 5 |
Give back life for life | 16 |
We take the future from ourselves | 27 |
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accept beauty become beginning believe birth body born breath bring Carl Sandburg child comes continue courage dark dead death dream earth eternal experience eyes face faith fall fear feel flower forever friends GEORGE gift give given gone green grief grow hands happy heart hold hope hour human individual John keep leave light lives look lost marriage meaning memory mind morning mother mystery nature never night once ourselves pain parents pass peace person Poems present Press remain rest ROBERT rose selection sense share sleep song sorrow soul spirit stand stars strength sweet thee things thou thought touch true truth turn understanding universe whole wind young youth