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Subject: HALE, NATHAN (1755-1776)
Matches Found: 8

UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` NATHAN HALE, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: The breezes went steadily through the tall pines
Last Line: "tell tyrants, to you their allegiance they owe. / no fears for the brave; no fears for the brave"
Variant Title(s): The Ballad Of Nathan Hale
Subject(s): "american Revolution;hale, Nathan (1755-1776);


NATHAN HALE, by CHESTER FIRKINS    Poem Text                    
First Line: Somewhere beneath the thundering city's pave
Last Line: His solemn and triumphant requiem
Subject(s): Cemeteries; Hale, Nathan (1755-1776); New York City; Graveyards; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


NATHAN HALE, by EUGENE GEARY    Poem Source                    
First Line: Speed, speed thee forth,' said washington
Subject(s): American Revolution; Hale, Nathan (1755-1776)


NATHAN HALE, by WILLIAM ORDWAY PARTRIDGE    Poem Source                    
First Line: One hero dies,-a thousand new ones rise
Subject(s): American Revolution; Hale, Nathan (1755-1776)


NATHAN HALE, by SARA KING WILEY    Poem Source                    
First Line: Swiftly through the silent forest
Alternate Author Name(s): Drummond, Sarah King Wiley
Subject(s): American Revolution; Hale, Nathan (1755-1776)


NATHAN HALE [SEPTEMBER 22, 1776], by FRANCIS MILES FINCH    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: To drum-beat and heart-beat
Last Line: The name of hale shall burn!
Subject(s): American Revolution; Freedom; Hale, Nathan (1755-1776); New York City; Patriotism; Liberty; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


NATHAN HALE, SEPTEMBER 22, 1776, by JOHN MACMULLEN    Poem Text                    
First Line: Come all alumni gather round
Last Line: Amidst the patriot band.
Subject(s): American Revolution; Capital Punishment; Hale, Nathan (1755-1776); Memory; New York City; Patriotism; Hanging; Executions; Death Penalty; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


NATHAN HALE, THE MARTYR SPY, by ISAAC HINTON BROWN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Twas in the year that gave the nation birth
Subject(s): American Revolution; Hale, Nathan (1755-1776)