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Subject: BRENNAINN, SAINT
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` CHRIST IN BRITAIN: 17. SAINT BRENDAN, by THOMAS SAMUEL JONES JR.    Poem Text                    
First Line: In simple days before the gods were old
Last Line: Upon the burnished edges of the air.
Subject(s): Brendan, Saint (484-578); Great Britain - History; Brendan Of Clonfert; Brandan, Saint; Brandon, Saint; Brennainn, Saint; Brendan The Voyager; English History


SAINT BRANDAN, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: "saint brandan, that same holy man, he lived in this, our land"
Last Line: "god bring us to that self-same joy that this, his saint, doth know! Amen"
Subject(s): "brendan, Saint (484-578);" "brendan Of Clonfert;brandan, Saint;brandon, Saint;brennainn, Saint;brendan The Voyager;


SAINT BRANDAN, by MATTHEW ARNOLD    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Saint brandan sails on the northern main
Last Line: The iceberg in the frosty air!
Subject(s): Brendan, Saint (484-578); Brendan Of Clonfert; Brandan, Saint; Brandon, Saint; Brennainn, Saint; Brendan The Voyager


SAINT BRANDAN OF THE WEST, by ROBERT PETER TRISTRAM COFFIN    Poem Text         Poet Analysis            
First Line: Sweet is the furrow that leads to the star that closes day
Last Line: And lay my burning face in the white, sweet curve of his hand.
Subject(s): Brendan, Saint (484-578); Brendan Of Clonfert; Brandan, Saint; Brandon, Saint; Brennainn, Saint; Brendan The Voyager


SAN BORONDON, by CHRISTOPHER PEARSE CRANCH    Poem Text     Poem Explanation                 Poet's Biography
First Line: Saint brandan, a scotch abbot, long ago
Last Line: Whose boundless deep we name eternity.
Subject(s): Brendan, Saint (484-578); Death; Future Life; Religion; Soul; Brendan Of Clonfert; Brandan, Saint; Brandon, Saint; Brennainn, Saint; Brendan The Voyager; Dead, The; Retribution; Eternity; After Life; Theology


THE LITTLE BRETHREN, by KATHARINE TYNAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Brendan went to the greenwood
Last Line: Wept: and he heard their tears.
Alternate Author Name(s): Hinkson, Katharine Tynan
Subject(s): Birds; Brendan, Saint (484-578); Fairies; Flowers; God; Jesus Christ; Soul; Tears; Brendan Of Clonfert; Brandan, Saint; Brandon, Saint; Brennainn, Saint; Brendan The Voyager; Elves