One Thousand Beautiful Things

by Marjorie Barrows

Book Overview

A collection of prose and poetry from the world's literature. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B000B6TLLC
• Release Date: January 1947
• Publisher: Spencer Press
• Length: 498 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Wonderful

Love this book, has so many beautiful poems in it and some of them just touch the sould.

need an antidepressant?

I'm normally a poetry hater, but this anthology just makes me happy. From little one-liners to long stories these are the best selections to uplift your spirits. Not just pure sap either, there is plenty of bittersweet happiness too as in pieces on sacrifice, honour, & love lost. It took me ten years to find a book store that had this collection of "beautiful things" after encountering it at my school library, and it was very much worth the search. It is the kind of treasure book you can open at random points & find something new to enjoy everytime. It's a book to relish for a lifetime.

1000 Beautiful Things

Perfect title...my poetry-loving teenage daughter brought this home from her school library and all of us have loved something in it. One included story "He knew Lincoln" made me cry.Great for word-lovers...a treasure trove masterfully compiled.

A sublime collection of writings

This is a fine collection of sayings and writings from many places. I buy this book periodically as it comes back in print. The most interesting surprise was when I purchased the CD, "The Book of Secrets" Loreena McKennitt; it had "The Highwayman" in it as a song. This is a poem by Alfred Noyes. This is but one of the thousand beautiful things.