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Subject: FRANCIS ASSISI, SAINT (1181-1226)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A VISION OF SAINTS: S. FRANCIS OF ASSISI, by LEWIS MORRIS (1833-1907)    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: And then it was a saint, still, as it seemed
Last Line: "higher than earthly thrones, a saint in heaven."
Subject(s): Francis Assisi, Saint (1181-1226); Saints


ABOVE THE BATTLE'S FRONT, by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Oh foolish people, and without understanding
Last Line: Thorn-crowned above the water and the land.
Alternate Author Name(s): Lindsay, Vachel
Subject(s): Buddhism; Evil; Francis Assisi, Saint (1181-1226); Hate; Jesus Christ; John The Baptist, Saint (1st Century); Saints; Social Protest; Tolstoy, Leo (1828-1910); War; Buddha; Buddhists


ASSISI, by ROBERT CORDING    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Even in february the buses came and climbed the hill
Last Line: Until, word for word, we could repeat it
Subject(s): Francis Assisi, Saint (1181-1226); Religion; Saints


AT THE FRICK, by ANTHONY HECHT    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Before a grotto of blue-tinted rock
Last Line: Of the wind's brother francis in the flesh
Subject(s): Art And Artists; Bellini, Giovanni (1430-1516); Francis Assisi, Saint (1181-1226); Frick Museum (new York City); Paintings And Painters; Saints


AUTUMN AND ST. FRANCIS (AFTER VIEW ZEFFERELLI'S 'BROTHER SUN'), by LEN BLANCHARD    Poem Source                    
First Line: The autumn never seemed so sad
Last Line: Of the years provides a path to restoration
Subject(s): Autumn; Francis Assisi, Saint (1181-1226); Saints; Seasons


BROTHER ASS AND ST. FRANCIS, by JOHN BANISTER TABB    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: It came to pass
Last Line: "and bless thee, brother ass."
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Francis Assisi, Saint (1181-1226); Saints


CHEMIN DE FER, by NORMAN DUBIE    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: A chapel has fallen into ruins
Last Line: Its severed goose-wing of snow.
Subject(s): Churches; Dreams; Francis Assisi, Saint (1181-1226); Ruins; Saints; Cathedrals; Nightmares


CIRCLE OF DAYS, by REEVE LINDBERGH    Poem Source                    
First Line: Lord, we offer thanks and praise
Last Line: Around the circle of our days
Subject(s): Creation; Francis Assisi, Saint (1181-1226); Nature - Religious Aspects; Saints


ECCO IL SANTO, by KATHARINE LEE BATES    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Seven centuries are counted
Subject(s): Francis Assisi, Saint (1181-1226); Religion; Saints


FRANCIS, by EARL BOWMAN MARLATT    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Little brother to the sun
Subject(s): Francis Assisi, Saint (1181-1226); Saints


I DREAM OF ST. FRANCIS, by PETER ORLOVSKY    Poem Source                    
First Line: St francias came to me alive last night & tole me
Last Line: He ran all over my hand with his chizel & hammer, carving lines
Subject(s): Dreams; Francis Assisi, Saint (1181-1226); Saints


JUNCOES, by FRANCES HATHAWAY    Poem Text                    
First Line: Dark-cowled, gray of habit
Last Line: Who your birds have fed!
Subject(s): Francis Assisi, Saint (1181-1226); Juncoes (birds); Saints


PRAYER TO SAINT FRANCIS, by DOROTHY A. LINNEY    Poem Text                    
First Line: Francis of assisi
Last Line: A christmas manger!
Subject(s): Francis Assisi, Saint (1181-1226); Saints


PROBLEM, by PADRAIG J. DALY    Poem Source                    
First Line: I understand francis - all the stuff about the birds
Last Line: Behind cross and tabernacle %into his paltry loneliness
Subject(s): Francis Assisi, Saint (1181-1226); Saints


RETURN, by MARY S. HAWLING    Poem Source                    
First Line: On such a day st. Francis walked
Subject(s): Francis Assisi, Saint (1181-1226); Saints


SAINT FRANCIS, by STEPHEN BERG    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: We will take the road
Last Line: He loves you very much
Subject(s): Francis Assisi, Saint (1181-1226); Saints


SAINT FRANCIS AND THE SOW, by GALWAY KINNELL    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The bud / stands for all things
Subject(s): Animals; Farm Life; Francis Assisi, Saint (1181-1226); Saints; Agriculture; Farmers


SAINT FRANCIS AND THE SOW, by GALWAY KINNELL    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The bud %stands for all things
Last Line: The long, perfect loveliness of sow
Subject(s): Animals; Farm Life; Francis Assisi, Saint (1181-1226); Saints


SAINT FRANCIS AND THE WOLF, by KATHARINE TYNAN    Poem Text     Poem Explanation                 Poet's Biography
First Line: This wolf for many a day
Alternate Author Name(s): Hinkson, Katharine Tynan
Subject(s): Francis Assisi, Saint (1181-1226); Saints


SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI, by LOUISE WILSON    Poem Source                    
First Line: You saved the golden seeds of holy mirth
Subject(s): Francis Assisi, Saint (1181-1226); Religion; Saints


SAINT FRANCIS POEMS, by DAVID BRENDAN HOPES    Poem Source                    
First Line: To my poor mother, and her poor mother
Subject(s): Francis Assisi, Saint (1181-1226); Saints


SAINT FRANCIS TO THE BIRDS, by THOMAS WALSH    Poem Text                    
First Line: Birds, - birds of the air
Last Line: Forgetful of the little worm and mole!
Alternate Author Name(s): Gill, Roderick; Strange, Garrett
Subject(s): Animals; Birds; Francis Assisi, Saint (1181-1226); God; Religion; Saints; Theology


SONG-FLOWER AND POPPY: 2. AT ASSISI, by WILLIAM VAUGHN MOODY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Before st. Francis' burg I wait
Last Line: Hoar workman of the lord?
Subject(s): Assisi, Italy; Francis Assisi, Saint (1181-1226); Saints


ST. FRANCIS AND THE NUN, by CARL DENNIS    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The message st. Francis preached to the birds
Last Line: From poetry
Subject(s): Death; Francis Assisi, Saint (1181-1226); Nuns; Saints; Dead, The


ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI, by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Would I might wake st. Francis in you all
Last Line: God make us saints, and brave.
Alternate Author Name(s): Lindsay, Vachel
Subject(s): Francis Assisi, Saint (1181-1226); Saints


ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI, by FATHER SEBASTIAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: A robed figure walked the wood
Subject(s): Francis Assisi, Saint (1181-1226); Saints


ST. FRANCIS TO THE BIRDS, by KATHARINE TYNAN    Poem Text     Poem Explanation                 Poet's Biography
First Line: Little sisters, the birds; / we must praise god, you and I
Last Line: On my shortcoming.
Alternate Author Name(s): Hinkson, Katharine Tynan
Variant Title(s): Saint Francis To The Birds
Subject(s): Francis Assisi, Saint (1181-1226); Saints


THE ASS OF HEAVEN, by KATHARINE TYNAN    Poem Text     Poem Explanation                 Poet's Biography
First Line: If I was like st. Francis
Last Line: The ass of christ by name.
Alternate Author Name(s): Hinkson, Katharine Tynan
Subject(s): Asses & Mules; Francis Assisi, Saint (1181-1226); Heaven; Jesus Christ; Saints; Paradise


THE SERMON OF ST. FRANCIS, by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Up soared the lark into the air
Last Line: The meaning of his words was clear.
Subject(s): Birds; Francis Assisi, Saint (1181-1226); Saints


THE STIGMATA; FOR JOHN J. DONLAN, PH.D., by THOMAS WALSH    Poem Text                    
First Line: Silent the mountain; on the plains below
Last Line: That to the little griefs of earth he died.
Alternate Author Name(s): Gill, Roderick; Strange, Garrett
Subject(s): Catholics; Crucifixion; Francis Assisi, Saint (1181-1226); Jesus Christ; Saints; Roman Catholics; Catholicism; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion


TO FRANCIS OF ASSISI, by MURRAY BODO    Poem Source                    
First Line: I feel you floating down
Last Line: We soar in lepers' skins, we praise %from wolves' and beggars' mouths
Subject(s): Francis Assisi, Saint (1181-1226); Religion; Saints


TO SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI; OCTOBER 4, 1943, by MARY WINTER WERE    Poem Text                    
First Line: You walked the fields of italy
Last Line: Your own incomparable land.
Subject(s): Francis Assisi, Saint (1181-1226); Italy - World War Ii; Saints


VOCATION OF ST. FRANCIS, by MARY ELEANORE    Poem Source                    
First Line: Oh, a leper must be a terrible thing to see
Subject(s): Francis Assisi, Saint (1181-1226); Saints