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Subject: ALEXANDER THE GREAT (356-323 B.C.)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` ALEXANDER, by JOHN STUART BLACKIE    Poem Text     Poem Explanation                 Poet's Biography
First Line: I will sing of alexander
Subject(s): Alexander The Great (356-323 B.c.)


ALEXANDER AND PHILIP, by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: He stood by the river's side
Last Line: That faith and trust were made for the brave.
Alternate Author Name(s): L. E. L.; Maclean, Letitia
Subject(s): Alexander The Great (356-323 B.c.)


ALEXANDER ON THE BANKS OF THE HYPHASIS, by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Lonely by the moonlit waters
Last Line: But whose altar is the tomb!
Alternate Author Name(s): L. E. L.; Maclean, Letitia
Subject(s): Alexander The Great (356-323 B.c.)


ALEXANDER THE GREAT, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: Four sages stood to chant a stave
Last Line: That held them thus in high debate
Subject(s): Alexander The Great (356-323 B.c.)


ALEXANDER THE GREAT'S DESIGNS AT BABYLON FRUSTRATED, by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: He plied hephaestion's ear with royal schemes
Last Line: With pools and mounds and marshes far and near.
Subject(s): Alexander The Great (356-323 B.c.); Babylon


ALEXANDER'S FEAST; OR, THE POWER OF MUSIC, by JOHN DRYDEN    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis         Recitation     Poet's Biography
First Line: Twas at the royal feast, for persia won
Last Line: She drew an angel down.
Variant Title(s): The Power Of Music;alexanders Plot;alexander's Feast; Or The Power Of Music: An Ode In Houour Of St
Subject(s): Alexander The Great (356-323 B.c.); Music & Musicians


ALEXANDREIS, by ANNE KILLIGREW    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I sing the man that never equal knew
Last Line: And that a debt time owes unto thy fame.
Alternate Author Name(s): Killegrew, Anne
Subject(s): Alexander The Great (356-323 B.c.)


DEATH-BED OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT, by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: On his bed the king was lying
Last Line: The warriors of the world!
Alternate Author Name(s): L. E. L.; Maclean, Letitia
Subject(s): Alexander The Great (356-323 B.c.); Death; Dead, The


HOW WE HEARD THE NAME, by ALAN DUGAN    Poem Text         Poet Analysis         Recitation by Author     Poet's Biography
First Line: The river brought down
Subject(s): War; Alexander The Great (356-323 B.c.)


IN PRAISE OF WYATT'S PSALMS, by HENRY HOWARD    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The great macedon that out of persia chased
Last Line: Mought them awake out of their sinful sleep.
Alternate Author Name(s): Surrey, Earl Of
Subject(s): Alexander The Great (356-323 B.c.); Wyatt, Sir Thomas (1503-1542)


KYNG ALISAUNDER, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
First Line: On a day sone after pan
Last Line: Forto he com to tolomew
Subject(s): Alexander The Great (356-323 B.c.); Legends, English


ON SEEING A LITTLE CHILD SPIN A COIN OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT, by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: This is the face of him, whose quick resource
Last Line: And spin the horns of ammon out of sight.
Subject(s): Alexander The Great (356-323 B.c.); Numismatics; Coins, Commemorative; Medals, Historical


SONNET: ALEXANDER, by ALFRED TENNYSON    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Warrior of god, whose strong right arm
Last Line: Returning with hot cheek and kindled eyes.
Alternate Author Name(s): Tennyson, Lord Alfred; Tennyson, 1st Baron; Tennyson Of Aldworth And Farringford, Baron
Subject(s): Alexander The Great (356-323 B.c.)


SPEAKING TREE, by MURIEL RUKEYSER    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Great alexander sailing was from his true course turned
Last Line: It calls your name. It tells what we mean
Subject(s): Alexander The Great (356-323 B.c.); Identity; Trees


TETRADRACHM OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT, by RICHARD FOERSTER    Poem Source                    
First Line: How many days' wages, how many loaves and brimming
Last Line: His aesthetic. The hand chills at the chance to grasp it
Subject(s): Alexander The Great (356-323 B.c.)


THE BALLAD OF ISKANDER, by JAMES ELROY FLECKER    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Sultan iskander sat him down
Last Line: The silver ship sailed on and on.
Subject(s): Alexander The Great (356-323 B.c.); Aristotle (384-322 B.c.); Plato (428-348 B.c.)


THE DEATH OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT: 1. THE DRYAD WELCOMES HIM, by HANIEL (CLARK) LONG    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Cities which knew you shall know you no more
Last Line: To the gods of the sky and the ground.
Subject(s): Alexander The Great (356-323 B.c.)


THE DEATH OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT: 2. HE SAYS GOOD-BYE ..., by HANIEL (CLARK) LONG    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The sound of subterranean violins
Last Line: Tree upon tree.
Subject(s): Alexander The Great (356-323 B.c.)


THE DEATH OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT: 3. THEY TELL OF HIS DEATH, by HANIEL (CLARK) LONG    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: To a land where goats are browsing
Last Line: Took his golden hair.
Subject(s): Alexander The Great (356-323 B.c.)


THE DREAM IN THE TEMPLE OF SERAPIS, by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The heavy night is falling
Last Line: The temple of the god.
Alternate Author Name(s): L. E. L.; Maclean, Letitia
Subject(s): Alexander The Great (356-323 B.c.); Temples; Mosques


THE HIGH-PRIEST TO ALEXANDER, by ALFRED TENNYSON    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Go forth, thou man of force!
Last Line: In his holy of holies for ever!
Alternate Author Name(s): Tennyson, Lord Alfred; Tennyson, 1st Baron; Tennyson Of Aldworth And Farringford, Baron
Subject(s): Alexander The Great (356-323 B.c.); Jews; Judaism


THE MUSE, by ELEANOR WILNER    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: There she was, for centuries, the big
Last Line: The writer.
Alternate Author Name(s): Wilner, Eleanor Rand
Subject(s): Alexander The Great (356-323 B.c.); Language; Muses; Poetry & Poets; Psychoanalysis; Writing & Writers; Words; Vocabulary; Psychoanalysts; Psychotherapy


THE SPEAKING TREE, by MURIEL RUKEYSER    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Great alexander sailing was from his true course turned
Subject(s): Alexander The Great (356-323 B.c.); Identity; Trees


WORLDS, by RICHARD WILBUR    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: For alexander there was no far east
Subject(s): Alexander The Great (356-323 B.c.); Earth; Newton, Sir Isaac (1642-1727); World