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Subject: DE SOTO, HERNANDO (1500-1542)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` DISTANT RUNNERS, by MARK VAN DOREN    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Ferdinand de soto lies
Last Line: The legs are locked; the sky is dead
Subject(s): Animals; De Soto, Hernando (1500-1542); Horses


OLD TAMPA BAY, by LYNN RUSSELL    Poem Text                    
First Line: The present age forgets my vivid past
Last Line: We must have sport of them before they die!
Subject(s): De Soto, Hernando (1500-1542); Tampa Bay


THE FALL OF MAUBILA (1540), by THOMAS DUNN ENGLISH    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Hearken the stirring story
Last Line: I wait my latter day.
Subject(s): America - Exploration; De Soto, Hernando (1500-1542)


THE LEGEND OF ESPIRITU SANTO, by ISLEA SHRIVER ELLIS    Poem Text                    
First Line: Many years ago the spaniard came from far across the ocean
Last Line: Sing a song of joy and gladness in the sunshine of the southland.
Subject(s): De Soto, Hernando (1500-1542); Legends, Native American; Youth


THE TOMB OF THE CONQUEROR, by EDWARD ROBESON TAYLOR    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: No shadowy vault where pale catalpas bloom
Last Line: The father of the waters guards de soto.
Subject(s): De Soto, Hernando (1500-1542); Graves; Tombs; Tombstones