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Subject: INDIA - BRITISH RULE
Matches Found: 4

UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` INDEPENDENCE, by REETIKA VAZIRANI    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: When I am nine, the british quit
Subject(s): India - British Rule


REVELRY OF THE DYING, by BARTHOLOMEW DOWLING    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: We meet 'neath the sounding rafter
Last Line: And hurrah for the next that dies!
Variant Title(s): Indian Revelry;the Revel;our Last Toast;revelry In India;hurrah For The Next That Dies
Subject(s): Death; England; Epidemics; India; India - British Rule; Plague; Tragedy; Dead, The; English


ROUTINE, by KEKI N. DARUWALLA    Poem Source                    
First Line: The putties were left behind by the raj
Last Line: We are marching forward
Subject(s): India - British Rule


THE OVERLAND MAIL, by RUDYARD KIPLING    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: In the name of the empress of india, make way
Last Line: In the name of the empress the overland-mail.
Subject(s): Duty; India - British Rule; Postal Service; Postmen; Post Office; Mail; Mailmen