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Keyword: John Close
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A VISION OF THE GODS: HALOES, NOT HATS, by JOHN CLOSE    Poem Text                    
First Line: Around the gods, each seated on a throne
Last Line: And sparkled in their grand majestic heads.
Alternate Author Name(s): Poet Close
Subject(s): Courts & Courtiers; Crowns; Poetry & Poets; Royal Court Life; Royalty; Kings; Queens


CLOSE TO NATURE, by JOHN GILL    Poem Source                    
First Line: The river at this point-near the expressway and about three
Last Line: We both turned and stared into the river to watch its hypnotic, %viscid slide to the sea


IN RESPECTFUL MEMORY OF MR. YARKER: MENTEM MORTALIA TANGUNT, by JOHN CLOSE    Poem Text                    
First Line: And have we lost another friend?
Last Line: Hark to the tolling bell!
Alternate Author Name(s): Poet Close
Subject(s): Death; Friendship; Memory; Dead, The


THE BEELAH VIADUCT, by JOHN CLOSE    Poem Text                    
First Line: O wondrous age! A wondrous age we live in
Last Line: When we have bid farewell to earthly things.
Alternate Author Name(s): Poet Close
Subject(s): Angels; Earth; Faith; Religion; World; Belief; Creed; Theology