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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: ALEXANDER THE GREAT (356-323 B.C.) Matches Found: 24 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 |
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