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Subject: HAREMS
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` LALLA ROOKH: THE LIGHT OF THE HARAM, by THOMAS MOORE    Poem Text     Poem Explanation                 Poet's Biography
First Line: Who has not heard of the vale of cashmere
Last Line: "remember, love, the feast of roses!"
Alternate Author Name(s): Little, Thomas
Subject(s): Harems; Kashmir, India; Cashmere, India


LIMERICK, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
First Line: The sultan got sore on his harem
Subject(s): Harems


OLD HAREM, by LI SHANG-YIN    Poem Source                    
First Line: The old harem is quiet and deserted
Last Line: Idly gossiping of the days of the dead emperor
Subject(s): Harems


SORROW IN THE HAREM, by WANG CH'ANG-LING    Poem Source                    
First Line: Withered flowers fill the courtyard
Last Line: The smell of perfume still lingers in the air
Alternate Author Name(s): Wang Chang-ling
Subject(s): Grief; Harems


THE HAREEM, by RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Behind the veil, where depth is traced
Last Line: Amid the stains of evil days.
Alternate Author Name(s): Houghton, 1st Baron; Houghton, Lord
Subject(s): Harems; Women - Middle East