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Subject: HARLEM RIVER, NEW YORK
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` COMING OF AGE ON THE HARLEM, by JOAN+(1) MURRAY    Poem Source                    
First Line: My father would tie a life jacket
Last Line: Just carefully enough to lead us here?
Subject(s): Ferry Boats; Harlem River, New York; New York City


ON THE HARLEM, by ARTHUR GUITERMAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The hand that ruled the helm was yours
Last Line: And gunwale-deep in goldenrod.
Subject(s): Boats; Harlem River, New York; New York City - Dutch Period


REVERIE ON THE HARLEM RIVER, by JAMES LANGSTON HUGHES    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Did you ever go down to the river
Alternate Author Name(s): Hughes, Langston
Subject(s): African Americans; Harlem River, New York; Negroes; American Blacks


REVERIE ON THE HARLEM RIVER, by JAMES LANGSTON HUGHES    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Did you ever go down to the river
Last Line: But who would miss me if I left?
Alternate Author Name(s): Hughes, Langston
Subject(s): African Americans; Harlem River, New York


THE HALL OF FAME, by ARTHUR GUITERMAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: A noble fane of marble wall and moonlit ...
Last Line: Entered new names on the roll of fame.
Subject(s): Death; Fame; Halloween; Harlem River, New York; New York City; Dead, The; Reputation; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple