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Subject: CENTAURS
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` CENTAUR SONG, by HILDA DOOLITTLE    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Now that the day is done
Last Line: And zeus, forgetful not of danae or maia, %bid the stars shine forever
Alternate Author Name(s): H. D.; Aldington, Richard, Mrs.
Subject(s): Bible; Centaurs


CENTAUR'S FLIGHT, by JOSE-MARIA DE HEREDIA (1842-1905)    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Red-handed and with savage thews afire
Last Line: In monstrous girth of herculëan shade.
Subject(s): Centaurs


THE CENTAUR FABULOUS, by JOHN BYROM    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Zeuxis of old a female centaur drew
Last Line: "they say, ""the centaur is a fable still."
Subject(s): Centaurs; Fables; Allegories


THE CENTAURS, by JAMES STEPHENS    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Playing upon the hill three centaurs were
Last Line: They raced into the wood!
Subject(s): Centaurs; Mythical Animals; Fictious Animals


THE MAN AND THE CENTAUR; THE CENTAUR, by WILLIAM SHARP    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I would not change -- did not the waters
Last Line: Thou hast a goal!
Alternate Author Name(s): Macleod, Fiona
Subject(s): Centaurs; Life; Time


THE MAN AND THE CENTAUR; THE MAN, by WILLIAM SHARP    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Upon the mountain-heights thou goest
Last Line: The shadow of woe?
Alternate Author Name(s): Macleod, Fiona
Subject(s): Centaurs; Grief; Soul; Sorrow; Sadness


THE OLD SATYR TO THE YOUNG PLATONIST, by JOHN COWPER POWYS    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Go and get a monk for a lover
Last Line: "his love was best of all!"
Subject(s): Centaurs; Love; Monks; Moon; Sleep


THE ORIGIN OF CENTAURS; FRP DIMTRI HADZI, by ANTHONY HECHT    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: This mild september mist recalls the soul
Last Line: Those powerful, clear hoofprints on the path
Subject(s): Centaurs