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Subject: GEORGE V, KING OF ENGLAND (1865-1936)
Matches Found: 9

UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A PRAYER FOR THE KING'S MAJESTY, by JOHN MASEFIELD    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: O god, whose mercy is our state
Last Line: With wisdom that can never end.
Alternate Author Name(s): Masefield, John Edward
Subject(s): Courts & Courtiers; Depressions, Economic; George V, King Of England (1865-1936); Prayer; Religion; Recessions; Theology


ABU SALAMMAMM - A SONG OF EMPIRE, by EZRA POUND    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Great is king george the fifth
Last Line: Be at an end.
Subject(s): George V, King Of England (1865-1936)


AN HORATIAN ODE TO THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY, by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Not with high-vaulting phrase, or rush
Last Line: An ancient fame!
Alternate Author Name(s): Dobson, Austin
Subject(s): George V, King Of England (1865-1936)


CORONATION ODE, by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: O thou enfolded in grief
Last Line: "so let them lie!"
Subject(s): George V, King Of England (1865-1936)


DEATH OF KING GEORGE V, by JOHN BETJEMAN    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Spirits of well-shot woodcock, partridge, snipe
Variant Title(s): New King Arrives In His Capital By Air
Subject(s): George V, King Of England (1865-1936)


DEATH OF KING GEORGE V, by JOHN BETJEMAN    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Spirits of well-shot woodcock, partridge, snipe
Last Line: Where a young man lands hatless from the air
Variant Title(s): New King Arrives In His Capital By Ai
Subject(s): George V, King Of England (1865-1936)


ON THE PASSING OF KING GEORGE V, by JOHN MASEFIELD    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: When time has sifted motives, passions, deeds
Last Line: And ventured to a nobler marching word.
Alternate Author Name(s): Masefield, John Edward
Subject(s): Death; Epitaphs; George V, King Of England (1865-1936); Memory; Prayer; Rest; Dead, The


THE CORONATION, by THOMAS HARDY    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: At westminster, hid from the light of day
Last Line: Clamour dogs kingship; afterwards not so!'
Subject(s): George V, King Of England (1865-1936); Great Britain - Rulers


TO KING GEORGE, by SIRDAR DALJIT SINGH    Poem Source                    
First Line: From east to west, from north to south, thy banner is unfurled
Subject(s): George V, King Of England (1865-1936)