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Subject: EARRINGS
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` EARE-RINGS, by ROBERT HERRICK    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Why wore th' egyptians jewells in the eare?
Last Line: When we obey, by acting what we heare.
Subject(s): Earrings


EARRINGS, by BARBARA GUEST            Poet Analysis         Recitation by Author     Poet's Biography
First Line: Running over the edge
Subject(s): Earrings


EARRINGS, by ELEANOR T. MACMILLAN    Poem Text                    
First Line: She wore twin jewels, each on a tiny chain
Last Line: I could pass by you calmly with a smile.
Subject(s): Earrings


FASHION'S FOLLY, by S. W. CHAMBERLAIN    Poem Text                    
First Line: I knew a maiden fair and sweet
Last Line: Down over both her ears.
Subject(s): Earrings


THE EARRINGS, by EUGENIO MONTALE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The lampblack of the mirror holds
Subject(s): Earrings


UPON A CHERRYSTONE SENT .. TIP OF LADY HEMONIA WALGRAVES EAR, by ROBERT HERRICK    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Lady, I intreate yow weare
Last Line: Turnes the beholders into stone.
Subject(s): Earrings


ZARA'S EAR-RINGS, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: My ear-rings! My ear-rings! They've dropped into the well
Last Line: "and that deep his love lies in my heart, as they lie in the well!"
Subject(s): Earrings;hearts;love;man-woman Relationships;truth; Male-female Relations