Great Occasions: Readings for the Celebration of Birth, Coming-of-age, Marriage, and Death

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