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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A DUTCH PROVERB, by MATTHEW PRIOR    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Fire, water, woman, are man's ruin, / says wise professor vander bruin
Last Line: And great thy wisdom, van der bruin!
Subject(s): Proverbs; Maxims; Adages


AN ANCIENT PROVERB, by WILLIAM BLAKE    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Remove away that blackning church
Last Line: Youll quite remove the ancient curse
Subject(s): Bible; Mythology; Proverbs; Maxims; Adages


AN OLD SAW NEWLY RENDERED, by LEVI BISHOP    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Although nor wise nor deep in thought
Last Line: Then toot your horn and row your own canoe.
Subject(s): Canoes & Canoeing; Death; Pride; Proverbs; Dead, The; Self-esteem; Self-respect; Maxims; Adages


AT EVENFALL, by ANSELM HOLLO    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Recall enormous heave of moment
Last Line: Always treat language like a dangerous toy
Subject(s): Poetry & Poets; Proverbs; Maxims; Adages


CONCERNING KISSES, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: There's a jolly saxon proverb that it pretty much like this
Last Line: "is to want a kiss, and take it"
Variant Title(s): "if You Want A Kiss, Why, Take It;
Subject(s): Kisses;proverbs; Maxims;adages


JOHNNY BOER, by ANDREW BARTON PATERSON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Men fight all shapes and sizes as the racing horses run
Last Line: And we'll be running after him with our little maxim gun.
Alternate Author Name(s): Paterson, 'banjo'
Subject(s): Boer War; Courage; Guns; Proverbs; South African War; Valor; Bravery; Maxims; Adages


LYING 'MUSTS', by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: A baby must cry to develop its lungs
Last Line: We will change this old world into paradise!
Subject(s): Proverbs; Maxims; Adages


OLD WOMEN'S SAYINGS, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: Draw near and give attention
Last Line: Of the olden time
Subject(s): Death;proverbs;women; "dead, The;maxims;adages;


PRECEPTS OF ALFRED, by ALFRED    Poem Text                    
First Line: There sat, in the town of seaford, / full many a thane and lord
Last Line: "methinks he shall rue it sore!"
Alternate Author Name(s): Alfred The Great
Subject(s): Proverbs; Maxims; Adages


PROVERB, by HANNAH MORE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: In men this blunder still you find
Last Line: All think their little set, mankind.
Subject(s): Proverbs; Maxims; Adages


PROVERB, by OCTAVIO PAZ    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Mud in a still puddle
Subject(s): Proverbs; Maxims; Adages


PROVERBIAL PHILOSOPHY, 2D SERIES: PORTRAIT OF A VICTORIAN AUTHOR, by MARTIN FARQUHAR TUPPER    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Yea: how dignified, and worthy, full of privilege and happiness
Last Line: Their savour.
Subject(s): Authors And Authorship; Proverbs; Maxims; Adages


PROVERBS, by JAMES SMITH (1775-1839)    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: My good aunt bridget, spite of age
Last Line: "whose motto's ""ne quid nimis."
Subject(s): Faith; Proverbs; Wisdom; Belief; Creed; Maxims; Adages


PROVERBS OF THE MIDLE WORLD, by THOMAS MCGRATH    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The perfect swan upon the perfect lake
Last Line: The courts of lust shall judge the innocent
Subject(s): Conscience; Judges; Proverbs; Maxims; Adages


RECIPROCATION, by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: One good nocturne
Last Line: When she met chopin.
Alternate Author Name(s): Hall, Galway
Subject(s): Proverbs; Maxims; Adages


TANKA OF THE WISE, by HENRY HARRISON    Poem Text                    
First Line: It is possible
Last Line: Tells an incredible tale.
Subject(s): Proverbs; Maxims; Adages


THE PROVERBS OF HENDYNGE, by HENDYNGE    Poem Text                    
First Line: Who would learn of wisdom's rede / let him take to hendynge heed
Last Line: Grant us good ending.
Subject(s): Proverbs; Maxims; Adages


TOMORROW, by JAMES BUCKHAM    Poem Text                    
First Line: King hassan, well beloved, was wont to say
Last Line: Forget it, then—here lies the victor's way.
Alternate Author Name(s): Pastnor, Paul
Subject(s): Proverbs; Time; Maxims; Adages


WAN LO TANKA, by HENRY HARRISON    Poem Text                    
First Line: Wan lo has made an / amazing discovery.
Last Line: Laugh up their wide sleeves at both.
Subject(s): Proverbs; Maxims; Adages


WORDLY WISE (8), by MOTHER GOOSE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: For every evil under the sun
Last Line: If there be none, never mind it.
Variant Title(s): Old Proverb
Subject(s): Proverbs; Maxims; Adages