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Subject: CONEMAUGH (RIVER), PENNSYLVANIA
Matches Found: 4

UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A BALLAD OF THE CONEMAUGH FLOOD, by HARDWICKE DRUMMOND RAWNSLEY    Poem Text                    
First Line: The windows of heaven were wide open
Last Line: "did they hear heaven's great ""well done""?"
Subject(s): Conemaugh (river), Pennsylvania; Johnstown Flood (1889)


BY THE CONEMAUGH, by FLORENCE EARLE COATES    Poem Text                    
First Line: Foreboding sudden of untoward change
Last Line: "but I cannot hide them away from him!"
Subject(s): Conemaugh (river), Pennsylvania; United States - History


CONEMAUGH, by ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS WARD    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Fly to the mountain! Fly!
Last Line: "teach us, altho' we die, to stand."
Alternate Author Name(s): Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart; Phelps, Mary Gray
Subject(s): Conemaugh (river), Pennsylvania; Johnstown Flood (1889)


THE MAN WHO RODE TO CONEMAUGH, by JOHN ELIOT BOWEN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Into the town of conemaugh
Last Line: "run for your lives to the mountain side!"
Subject(s): Conemaugh (river), Pennsylvania; Courage; Johnstown Flood (1889); Valor; Bravery