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Subject: FORD, JOHN (1586-1639)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` HIERARCHY OF ANGELS, by THOMAS HEYWOOD    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Mellifluous shakespeare, whose enchanting quill
Last Line: And he's but now jack ford that once was john.
Subject(s): Dramatists; Ford, John (1586-1639); Jonson, Ben (1572-1637); Plays & Playwrights ; Poetry & Poets; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Writing & Writers; Dramatists


NON OMNIS MORIAR, by JOHN ORLEY ALLEN TATE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I ask you: has the singer sung
Last Line: Death frames the singer and the song.
Alternate Author Name(s): Tate, Allen
Subject(s): Death; Dramatists; Ford, John (1586-1639); Marlowe, Christopher (1564-1593); Plays & Playwrights; Poetry & Poets; Dead, The


SONNETS ON ENGLISH DRAMATIC POETS: 6. JOHN FORD, by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Hew hard the marble from the mountain's heart
Last Line: So looms the likeness of thy soul, john ford.
Subject(s): Ford, John (1586-1639)


TO HIS FRIEND THE AUTHOR, JOHN FORD; ON 'THE LOVER'S MELANCHOLY', by WILLIAM SINGLETON    Poem Text                    
First Line: I write not to thy play: I'll not begin
Last Line: As thou hast done enough, thou canst do more.
Subject(s): Ford, John (1586-1639)


TO HIS WORTHY FRIEND, JOHN FORD, UPON HIS 'PERKIN WARBECK', by RALPH EURE    Poem Text                    
First Line: Let men who are writ poets lay a claim
Last Line: Equal with his in playing the king's part.
Subject(s): Ford, John (1586-1639)


TO MY FRIEND AND KINSMAN, JOHN FORD, AUTHOR OF 'PERKIN WARBECK', by JOHN FORD (17TH CENTURY-)    Poem Text                    
First Line: Dramatic poets, as the times go now
Last Line: Many may imitate, few match thy play.
Subject(s): Ford, John (1586-1639)


TO MY FRIEND THE AUTHOR; PREFACE TO 'TIS PITY SHE'S A WHORE', by THOMAS ELLICE    Poem Text                    
First Line: With admiration I beheld this whore
Last Line: Gloriously fair, even in her infamy.
Alternate Author Name(s): Ellys, Thomas; Ellis, Thomas
Subject(s): Ford, John (1586-1639)


TO MY FRIEND, MASTER JOHN FORD; ON 'LOVE'S SACRIFICE', by JAMES SHIRLEY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Unto this altar, rich with thy own spice
Last Line: To read this tragedy, and thy own be next.
Subject(s): Ford, John (1586-1639); Poetry & Poets


UPON FORD'S TWO TRAGEDIES, by RICHARD CRASHAW    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Thou cheat'st us ford, mak'st one seeme two by art
Last Line: What is loves sacrifice, but the broken heart?
Subject(s): Ford, John (1586-1639)