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Subject: ABSALOM
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` ABSALOM, by PETER DAVISON    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: King david's anguish bristled
Last Line: Would god I had died for thee, %o absalom, my son
Subject(s): Absalom


ABSALOM, by THOMAS STURGE MOORE    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Absalom is discovered in a wood, pulling down
Alternate Author Name(s): Moore, T. Sturge
Subject(s): Absalom


ANOTHER POEM ON ABSALOM, by NATHAN YONATHAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Cunning as a woman beautiful as a snake shy as an idol
Last Line: I wanted, my little fool, only you, absalom
Subject(s): Absalom


ANOTHER SONG OF ABSALOM, by NATHAN YONATHAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Cunning as a woman, lovely as a snake, shy as an idol
Last Line: I wanted, my little fool, only you, absalom
Subject(s): Absalom; Middle East - Conflicts


IN THAT DAY, by ARTHUR CHRISTOPHER BENSON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Absalom! Absalom!
Last Line: Absalom, absalom.
Alternate Author Name(s): Benson, A. C.
Subject(s): Absalom; Jews; Judaism


LAMENT FOR ABSALOM, by NATHANIEL PARKER WILLIS    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The waters slept. Night's silvery veil hung low
Last Line: As if his rest had been a breathing sleep.
Subject(s): Absalom


OH ABSOLAM MY SON MY SON, by LUCILLE CLIFTON    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Even as I turned myself from you
Last Line: What does the lord require
Subject(s): Absalom; God; Religion; Theology


OH ABSOLAM MY SON MY SON, by LUCILLE CLIFTON    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Even as I turned myself from you
Last Line: What does the lord require
Subject(s): Absalom; God; Religion