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Subject: INKSTANDS
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A DROP OF INK, by CHARLES LOUIS HENRY WAGNER    Poem Text                    
First Line: A drop of ink makes millions think,
Last Line: And dissipate its energy.
Subject(s): Inkstands; Thought; Writing & Writers; Thinking


LINES TO A GROTESQUE INKSTAND, by CHARLES LOUIS HENRY WAGNER    Poem Text                    
First Line: Who fashioned thy form
Last Line: To bewitch and control.
Subject(s): Grief; Inkstands; Sorrow; Sadness


ON RECEIVING FROM LADY FRANCES SHIRLEY A STANDISH AND 2 PENS, by ALEXANDER POPE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Yes, I beheld th' athenian queen
Last Line: Of those that sing of these poor eyes.'
Subject(s): Inkstands; Stanley, Lady Frances (1706-1778)


TO THE EARL OF OXFORD, by MATTHEW PRIOR    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Pen, ink, and wax, and paper send
Last Line: Thoughts which angels may approve.
Subject(s): Inkstands; Letters; Love; Paper; Peace; Pens & Pencils