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Subject: GRAHAM OF CALVERHOUSE, JOHN (1648-1689)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` THE BURIAL-MARCH OF THE DUNDEE, by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Sound the fife, and cry the slogan
Last Line: Chieftain than our own dundee!
Alternate Author Name(s): Bon Gaultier (with Theodore Martin)
Subject(s): Death; Graham Of Calverhouse, John (1648-1689); Scotland; Scotland - Relations With England; War; Dead, The


THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL: CANTO FOURTH, by WALTER SCOTT    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Sweet teviot! On thy silver tide
Last Line: And thus his tale continued ran.
Subject(s): Graham Of Calverhouse, John (1648-1689); Killiecrankie, Battle Of (1689); Scotland; Scotland - Relations With England


UPON THE DEATH OF THE VISCOUNT OF DUNDEE, by ARCHIBALD PITCAIRN    Poem Text                    
First Line: Oh last and best of scots! Who did'st maintain
Last Line: And coud'st not fall but with thy country's fate.
Alternate Author Name(s): Pitcairne, Archibald
Subject(s): Freedom; Graham Of Calverhouse, John (1648-1689); Scotland; Liberty