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Subject: APPLAUSE
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` APPLAUSE, by ELLA WHEELER WILCOX    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I hold it one of the sad certain laws
Last Line: The plaudits of the world turn into sneers.
Alternate Author Name(s): Wilson, Robert, Mrs.
Subject(s): Applause; Fame; Fear; Reputation


DANCE, by MARJORIE AGOSIN    Poem Source                    
First Line: And I dance submerged
Last Line: Because if today is the end of the world %who would dare to stop dancing?
Subject(s): Applause; Audiences; Dancing And Dancers; Feet; Music And Musicians


POETRY READING, by KATHERINE PRIVETT    Poem Source                    
First Line: The rain's reciting sonnets
Last Line: And our applause is urgent %as a clap of thunder %eager for more rain
Subject(s): Applause; Poetry And Poets


THE GYMNASIAD, OR BOXING MATCH: BOOK 3, by PAUL WHITEHEAD    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: As when two monarchs of the brindled breed
Last Line: High soared applause on acclamation's wing.
Subject(s): Applause; Boxing & Boxers; Fights; Heroism; Victory; Heroes; Heroines


THE PATHOS OF APPLAUSE, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The greeting of the company, throughout
Last Line: "was thus told by ""the noted traveler."
Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F.
Subject(s): Applause