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Subject: ERASMUS, DESIDERIUS (1466-1536)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` AN ESSAY ON CRITICISM, by ALEXANDER POPE    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Tis hard to say, if greater want of skill
Last Line: Not free from faults, nor yet too vain to mend.
Subject(s): Critics & Criticism; Denham, Sir John (1615-1669); Dillon, Wentworth. 4th Earl Of Roscommon; Dryden, John (1631-1700); Erasmus, Desiderius (1466-1536); Hope; Mnemonics; Poetry & Poets; Sozzini, Lelio (1525-1562); Waller, Edmund (1606-1687); Optimism; Soc


CLERIHEW, by EDMUND CLERIHEW BENTLEY    Poem Source         Poet Analysis            
First Line: After dinner, erasmus %told colet not to be 'blas'mous'
Last Line: With colet, with some heat, %requested him to repeat
Alternate Author Name(s): Bentley, E. C.
Subject(s): Colet, John (1466-1519); Erasmus, Desiderius (1466-1536)


ERASMUS, by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: When he protested, not too solemnly
Last Line: And they shook best who knew that he was right.
Subject(s): Erasmus, Desiderius (1466-1536)


TO ERASMUS, by JOHN OWEN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Thy praise of folly so well writ
Last Line: Proves not thy folly, but thy wit.
Subject(s): Erasmus, Desiderius (1466-1536)