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Subject: CHURCHILL, CHARLES (1731-1764)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` CHURCHILL'S GRAVE, by GEORGE GORDON BYRON    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I stood beside the grave of him who blazed
Last Line: The glory and the nothing of a name.
Alternate Author Name(s): Byron, Lord; Byron, 6th Baron
Subject(s): Churchill, Charles (1731-1764); Graves; Tombs; Tombstones


DUMFRIES, by ROBERT FERGUSSON    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The gods sure in some canny hour / to bonny nith hae taen a tour
Last Line: With frequent brimmer.
Alternate Author Name(s): Ferguson, Robert
Subject(s): Churchill, Charles (1731-1764); Drinks & Drinking; Towns; Wine


STANZAS, ON PLANTING A BAY-TREE AT THE GRAVE OF CHURCHILL, by JOHN CHALK CLARIS    Poem Text                    
First Line: Above the bard's neglected grave
Last Line: "which tells ""here churchill lies!"
Alternate Author Name(s): Brooke, Arthur
Subject(s): Churchill, Charles (1731-1764); Graves; Poetry & Poets; Praise; Tombs; Tombstones


THE DEMAGOGUE, by WILLIAM FALCONER    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Bold is the attempt, in these licentious times
Last Line: With their strong flood-gates bar the impetuous tide.
Subject(s): Churchill, Charles (1731-1764)


TO EDMUND GOSSE, WITH CHURCHILL'S POEMS, by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: When churchill wrote, th' aonian maid
Last Line: When churchill wrote.
Alternate Author Name(s): Dobson, Austin
Subject(s): Churchill, Charles (1731-1764)