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Subject: GREAT BRITAIN - GORDON RIOTS (1780)
Matches Found: 3

UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` ODE FOR THE NEW YEAR, by JONATHAN ODELL    Poem Source                    
First Line: When rival nations first descried
Last Line: And ruin all intruding slaves
Subject(s): Great Britain - Gordon Riots (1780); Tyranny And Tyrants


ON THE BURNING OF LORD MANSFIELD'S LIBRARY (1), by WILLIAM COWPER    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: So then - the vandals of our isle
Last Line: The burning of his own.
Subject(s): Books; Great Britain - Gordon Riots (1780); Murray, William. 1st Earl Of Mansfield; Vandalism; Reading


ON THE BURNING OF LORD MANSFIELD'S LIBRARY (2), by WILLIAM COWPER    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: When wit and genius meet their doom
Last Line: The honey on his tongue.
Subject(s): Books; Great Britain - Gordon Riots (1780); Murray, William. 1st Earl Of Mansfield; Vandalism; Reading