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Subject: AVALANCHES
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` DESCENDANT FROM SNOW, by FOLKE ISAKSSON    Poem Source                    
First Line: I heard winter bees
Last Line: Like a cold shot toward the sun
Subject(s): Avalanches; Cold; Snow; Winter


ON TAKING FROM THE TOP TO BROADEN THE BASE, by ROBERT FROST    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Roll stones down on our head!
Last Line: To broaden its base
Subject(s): Mountains; Avalanches; Hills; Downs (great Britain)


STORM AND CALM, by HENRY TIMROD    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Sweet are these kisses of the south
Last Line: And rust or rot in idle joy!
Subject(s): Arctic; Avalanches; Disasters; Storms


THE PEASANT OF THE ALPS, by CHARLOTTE SMITH    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Where cliffs arise by winter crown'd
Last Line: And love and happiness are mine no more!
Alternate Author Name(s): Smith, Charlotte Turner
Subject(s): Alps; Avalanches; Mountains; Hills; Downs (great Britain)


THE TORRENT-WAVE, THAT BREAKS WITH FORCE, by PIETRO METASTASIO    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
Last Line: But sparkles, as the diamond bright
Alternate Author Name(s): Trapassi, Pietro Antonio Domenico
Subject(s): Avalanches