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Subject: CONSTANTINE I (THE GREAT) (D. 337)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` DIVINA COMMEDIA: INFERNO. CANTO 9. CONSTANTINE, by DANTE ALIGHIERI    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Ah constantine, of how much ill was cause
Last Line: That the first wealthy pope received of thee
Alternate Author Name(s): Dante; Alighieri, Dante
Subject(s): Constantine I (the Great) (d. 337); Conversion; Silvester I. Saint. Pope


EPOLOGUE TO CONSTANTINE THE GREAT, BY LEE, by JOHN DRYDEN    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Our hero's happy in the play's conclusion
Last Line: To turn for this may surely be forgiven: %who'd not be circumcised for such a heaven?
Subject(s): Constantine I (the Great) (d. 337); Politics; Religious Discrimination


SONNETS TO LAURA IN LIFE: 108, by PETRARCH    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Founded in chaste and humble poverty
Last Line: Another constantine comes not in haste
Alternate Author Name(s): Petrarca, Francesco
Subject(s): Constantine I (the Great) (d. 337); Silvester I. Saint. Pope


THE BLUSH OF CONSTANTINE AT THE COUNCIL OF NICE, by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: To that high council gathered to compose
Last Line: In that king's-aspect, dashed with holy awe.
Subject(s): Constantine I (the Great) (d. 337); Council Of Nicaea (315 A.d.)