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Subject: HANKS, NANCY (1783-1818)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` FIRE-LOGS, by CARL SANDBURG    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Nancy hanks dreams by the fire
Last Line: Time now for a tall man to come.
Subject(s): Hanks, Nancy (1783-1818)


NANCY HANKS, by HARRIET MONROE    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Prairie child %brief as dew
Subject(s): Hanks, Nancy (1783-1818)


NANCY HANKS, MOTHER OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: A sweet girl graduate, lean as a fawn
Last Line: Nancy hanks, in a lost log cabin, %nancy hanks had the loveliest face!
Alternate Author Name(s): Lindsay, Vachel
Subject(s): Hanks, Nancy (1783-1818); Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States