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Subject: CHAPMAN, JOHN (1774-1845)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` APPLE-SEED JOHN, by LYDIA MARIA CHILD    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Poor johnny was bended well-nigh double
Last Line: "these trees were planted by apple-seed john."
Subject(s): Chapman, John (1774-1845)


IN PRAISE OF JOHNNY APPLESEED (BORN 1775, DIED 1847), by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: In the days of president washington
Last Line: There by the doors of old fort wayne.
Alternate Author Name(s): Lindsay, Vachel
Subject(s): Chapman, John (1774-1845); Patriotism; Travel; Journeys; Trips


JOHNNY APPLESEED, by ROSEMARY CARR BENET    Poem Source                    
First Line: Of jonathan chapman two things are known
Last Line: And knew all his orchards, root, tendril and blossom. %johnny appleseed! Johnny appleseed!
Subject(s): Chapman, John (1774-1845)


JOHNNY APPLESEED, by EDGAR LEE MASTERS    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: When the air of october is sweet and cold as
Last Line: Apples, freedom, heaven, said peter van zylen.
Subject(s): Chapman, John (1774-1845)


JOHNNY APPLESEED (WITH MUSIC), by ROSEMARY CARR BENET    Poem Source                    
First Line: Of jonathan chapman two things are known
Last Line: And knew all his orchards, root, tendril and blossom. %johnny appleseed! Johnny appleseed!
Subject(s): Chapman, John (1774-1845)


JOHNNY APPLESEED; A BALLAD OF THE OLD NORTHWEST, by WILLIAM HENRY VENABLE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: A midnight cry appalls the gloom
Last Line: In god's grand greenwood chapel.
Subject(s): Appleseed, Johnny; Chapman, John (1774-1845); Middle West; Native Americans; Patriotism; Pioneers; Midwest; Old Northwest; Central States; North Central States; Indians Of America; American Indians; Indians Of South America