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Subject: AETHELSTAN, KING OF ENGLAND (D. 939)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` ETHELSTAN: RUNILDA'S CHANT, by GEORGE DARLEY    Poem Text     Poem Explanation                 Poet's Biography
First Line: O'er the wild gannet's bath
Last Line: Steeds of the ocean!
Subject(s): Aethelstan, King Of England (d. 939); Athelstan, King Of England (d. 939)


ETHELSTAN: SCENE, by GEORGE DARLEY    Poem Text     Poem Explanation                 Poet's Biography
First Line: My sister, my born friend!
Last Line: Great natures are much given to melancholy.
Subject(s): Aethelstan, King Of England (d. 939); Athelstan, King Of England (d. 939)


THE BATTLE OF BRUNANBURH, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: "athelstan king, lord among earls"
Last Line: Hunger of glory gat / hold of the land
Subject(s): "aethelstan, King Of England (d. 939);brunanburh, Battle Of (937 A.d.);" "athelstan, King Of England (d. 939);