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Subject: ELIZABETH II, QUEEN OF ENGLAND
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A PRAYER FOR A BEGINNING REIGN, by JOHN MASEFIELD    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: He who is order, beauty, power and glory
Last Line: Over a kingdom worthy, the world's wonder.
Alternate Author Name(s): Masefield, John Edward
Subject(s): Beauty; Coronations; Courts & Courtiers; Elizabeth Ii, Queen Of England; Prayer


JUBILEE HYMN, by JOHN BETJEMAN    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: In days of disillusion
Last Line: Ring out loud the jubilee.
Subject(s): Courts & Courtiers; Elizabeth Ii, Queen Of England; Music & Musicians; Performing Arts - Spain; Singing & Singers; Royal Court Life; Royalty; Kings; Queens; Songs


LIZZY, by BRENDAN KENNELLY    Poem Source                    
First Line: The queen who taught us to read and write
Last Line: Thank god for the brindled cat.'
Subject(s): Elizabeth Ii, Queen Of England; Fools; Independence; Protest, Social


ON THE SETTING FORTH OF ... PRICESS ELIZABETH & THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH, by JOHN MASEFIELD    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: What can we wish you that you have not won
Last Line: And safe returning crown your journey done.
Alternate Author Name(s): Masefield, John Edward
Subject(s): Courts & Courtiers; Crowns; Elizabeth Ii, Queen Of England; Great Britain - Commonwealth & Colonies; Philip, Duke Of Edinburgh (b. 1921); Travel; British Empire; England - Empire; Mountbatten, Philip; Journeys; Trips


RIDDLE, by WILLIAM HEYEN    Poem Full Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: From belsen a crate of gold teeth
Subject(s): Charles, Prince Of Wales (b. 1948); Courts & Courtiers; Diana, Princess Of Wales (1961-1997); Elizabeth Ii, Queen Of England; Royal Court Life; Royalty; Kings; Queens


TRIPTYCH MISC., by WILLIAM HEYEN    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Freesias are di's favorite bloom
Last Line: Hanging from her mantle are several
Subject(s): Charles, Prince Of Wales (b. 1948); Diana, Princess Of Wales (1961-1997); Elizabeth Ii, Queen Of England; Property