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Subject: HEROD THE GREAT (73-4 B.C.)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` AT SAMARIA, by CLINTON SCOLLARD    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: We climbed the hill where from samaria's crown
Last Line: And herod but the shadow of a name!
Subject(s): Herod The Great (73-4 B.c.); Jews; Judaism


CLAP YOUR HANDS FOR HEROD, by JOSEF HANZLIK    Poem Source                    
First Line: We %little children in our shirts
Last Line: Preparing to sing praise %and waiting to clap hands %for herod %who is coming to kill us all over ag
Subject(s): Herod The Great (73-4 B.c.)


CLAP YOUR HANDS FOR HEROD, by JOSEF HANZLIK    Poem Source                    
First Line: We %little children in our shifts
Subject(s): Christmas; Herod The Great (73-4 B.c.)


HEROD'S LAMENT FOR MARIAMNE, by GEORGE GORDON BYRON    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Oh, mariamne! Now for thee
Last Line: Which unconsumed are still consuming!
Alternate Author Name(s): Byron, Lord; Byron, 6th Baron
Subject(s): Herod The Great (73-4 B.c.); Jews; Judaism


LITTLE CHRISTMAS DONKEY, by GERALDINE FARRAR    Poem Source                    
First Line: Great herod on his golden throne
Last Line: Remember how he served our lord, %and never use him ill
Subject(s): Donkeys; Herod The Great (73-4 B.c.); Jesus Christ


SOSPETTO D'HEROID [D'HERODE] (THE SUSPICION OF HEROD), by GIAMBATTISTA MARINI    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Muse, now the servant of soft loves no more
Last Line: So much? Rude shepheards. What his steeds? Alas %poore beasts! A slow oxe, and a simple asse
Alternate Author Name(s): Marino, Giambattista; Marino, Giovanni Battista
Variant Title(s): Herod's Suspicion
Subject(s): Devil; Herod The Great (73-4 B.c.); Jesus Christ - Childhood And Youth


THE COVENTRY CAROL, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: "lully, lullay, thou little tiny child"
Last Line: "neither say nor sing / by by, lully lullay!"
Subject(s): Christmas Carols;herod The Great (73-4 B.c.)


THE INNOCENTS, by ELINOR WYLIE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: When the cock in the dish
Last Line: "to quiet his crying."
Alternate Author Name(s): Benet, William Rose, Mrs.
Subject(s): Herod The Great (73-4 B.c.); Jesus Christ - Childhood & Youth