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Subject: BERKSHIRE, ENGLAND
Matches Found: 9

UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` BERKSHIRE RHYME, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Whistle, daughter, whistle, and you shall have a sheep
Last Line: Mother, I cannot whistle, but I'll do the best I can
Subject(s): Berkshire, England


EPITAPH AT SPEEN, BERKSHIRE, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Here sleeps within this silent grave
Last Line: Till the last trumpet's awful sound %he is here in settled quarters bound
Subject(s): Berkshire, England


THE LAST BERKSHIRE ELEVEN: THE HEROES OF MAIWAND, by WILLIAM MCGONAGALL    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Twas at the disastrous battle of maiwand, in afghanistan
Last Line: Until the last man in the arms of death stiff and stark lay.
Subject(s): Afghanistan; Berkshire, England; Great Britain - Foreign Relations; Heroism; Massacres; War; Heroes; Heroines


THE PLOUGH; A LANDSCAPE IN BERKSHIRE, by RICHARD HENGIST (HENRY) HORNE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Above yon sombre swell of land
Last Line: Plough deep and straight with all your powers!
Variant Title(s): In Berkshire
Subject(s): Berkshire, England; Nature; Plowing & Plowmen


WINDOWS AT BRADFIELD COLLEGE, BERKSHIRE (1), by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
First Line: From smallest seeds we sow
Last Line: The mighty tree doth grow
Subject(s): Berkshire, England


WINDOWS AT BRADFIELD COLLEGE, BERKSHIRE (1), by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Falls the house built on sand
Last Line: That on rock does stand
Subject(s): Berkshire, England


WINDOWS AT BRADFIELD COLLEGE, BERKSHIRE (1), by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Divided kingdoms fail
Last Line: United hosts prevail
Subject(s): Berkshire, England


WINDOWS AT BRADFIELD COLLEGE, BERKSHIRE (1), by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
First Line: The serpent's wisdom, love
Last Line: Of the harmless dove
Subject(s): Berkshire, England


WINDOWS AT BRADFIELD COLLEGE, BERKSHIRE (1), by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
First Line: The emmet's toil and care
Last Line: No hour of light to spare
Subject(s): Berkshire, England