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Subject: COLOGNE, GERMANY
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A LEGEND OF COLOGNE, by FRANCIS BRET HARTE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Above the bones / st. Ursula owns
Last Line: That these are but shadows -- the woman was real!
Alternate Author Name(s): Harte, Bret
Subject(s): Cologne, Germany; Legends, German


COLOGNE, by JOHN BATE    Poem Source                    
First Line: Today my heart is heavy
Subject(s): Cologne, Germany


COLOGNE CATHEDRAL, by FRANCES WILLS SHAW    Poem Source                    
First Line: The little white prayers
Subject(s): Cologne, Germany


COLOGNE; EPIGRAM, by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: In koln, a town of monks and bones
Last Line: Shall henceforth wash the river rhine?
Variant Title(s): Epigram;expectoration The Second
Subject(s): Cologne, Germany; Hate; Smells; Odors; Aromas; Fragrances


GERMANY; A WINTER TALE: CAPUT 4, by HEINRICH HEINE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Twas late at night when I reach'd cologne
Last Line: His foolish fond subjects, the poor men!
Subject(s): Cologne, Germany; Courts & Courtiers; Legends; Luther, Martin (1483-1546); Royal Court Life; Royalty; Kings; Queens


IN THE CATHEDRAL AT COLOGNE, by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: O for the help of angels to complete
Last Line: Of penetrating harps and voices sweet!
Subject(s): Cologne, Germany


LYRICAL INTERLUDE: 11, by HEINRICH HEINE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: In the rhine, that beautiful river
Last Line: Resemble my mistress fair.
Variant Title(s): Song
Subject(s): Cologne, Germany; Rhine (river), Europe


ON MY JOYFUL DEPARTURE FROM THE CITY OF COLOGNE, by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: As I am a rhymer
Last Line: In the body-and-soul-stinking town of cologne.
Variant Title(s): An Expectoration
Subject(s): Cologne, Germany; Hate; Travel; Journeys; Trips


THE FOUNTAIN, by KATHARINE TYNAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: That was the lorelei, tall within the jet
Last Line: Caught in the fountain.
Alternate Author Name(s): Hinkson, Katharine Tynan
Subject(s): Cologne, Germany; Fountains; Lorelei


THE ROMANCE OF COLOGNE, by THOMAS HOOD    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Tis even - on the pleasant banks of rhine
Last Line: Or hearts or vows are broken?
Subject(s): Cologne, Germany


TO EMILY; WITH A FLASK OF RHINE WATER, by THOMAS HOOD    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The old catholic city was still
Last Line: That the rhine seemed all eau de cologne!
Subject(s): Cologne, Germany; Rhine (river), Europe