Great Occasions: Readings for the Celebration of Birth, Coming-of-age, Marriage, and Death |
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... ROSE BENÉT Strew on her roses , roses , And never a spray of In quiet she reposes : yew . Ah ! would that I did too . Her mirth the world required : She bath'd it in smiles of glee . But her heart was tired , tired , And now they let ...
... ROSE BENÉT Strew on her roses , roses , And never a spray of In quiet she reposes : yew . Ah ! would that I did too . Her mirth the world required : She bath'd it in smiles of glee . But her heart was tired , tired , And now they let ...
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... rose has flowered in vain , The rose to his children's eyes Will flower again , again , Will flower again out of shadow To make the brief heart sing , And the meadow - lark from the meadow Will call again in spring . -From An Act of ...
... rose has flowered in vain , The rose to his children's eyes Will flower again , again , Will flower again out of shadow To make the brief heart sing , And the meadow - lark from the meadow Will call again in spring . -From An Act of ...
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... Rose Benét , copyright 1947 by Wil- liam Rose Benét . October House , Inc. , for ex- cerpts from " Our Mothers Depart , " " Others May Judge You , " " There's Something I Often Notice , " and " The Third Memory " from The Poetry of ...
... Rose Benét , copyright 1947 by Wil- liam Rose Benét . October House , Inc. , for ex- cerpts from " Our Mothers Depart , " " Others May Judge You , " " There's Something I Often Notice , " and " The Third Memory " from The Poetry of ...
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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A. E. Housman beauty become bird birth body born brave breath child Collected Poems comes courage dark dead death DOROTHY BUSSY dream dust E. E. CUMMINGS earth EMILY DICKINSON eternal excerpt eyes F. L. LUCAS face faith fear feel flower forever friends GEORGE gift give gone grass grave grief grow hands happy heart heaven hope human immortal JOHN HALL WHEELOCK KENNETH KENNETH PATCHEN leave life's light lives look LUCIEN PRICE man's marriage memory mind morning mother mourn Muriel Rukeyser mystery never night ourselves pain pass peace person ROBERT Robinson Jeffers ROETHKE rose selection shadow share shining sing sleep song sorrow soul spirit stars strength sweet thee THEODORE ROETHKE things thought truth universe WALT WHITMAN WILLIAM WILLIAM ROSE BENÉT wind woman words young youth