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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: IRELAND - FAMINE Matches Found: 14 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` "A LAMENT FOR THE POTATO, A.D. 1739", by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "there is woe, there is clamour, in our desolate land" Last Line: "and shield us in the death-hour by thy strong, protecting hand" Subject(s): Ireland - Famine;potatoes ATLAS OF THE DIFFICULT WORLD: 6, by ADRIENNE CECILE RICH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A potato explodes in the oven. Poetry and famine Last Line: America. Meat three times a day, they said. Slaves - you would %not be that Subject(s): Ireland - Famine; Sullivan, Annie (1866-1936) DRIMIN DONN DILIS (THE DEAR BROWN COW), by JOHN WALSH (1835-1881) Poem Text First Line: Oh! Drimin donn dilis! The landlord has come Last Line: With a blight on his life, and a brand on his brow. Subject(s): Cows; Ireland - Famine ERIN'S DAUGHTER, by LYDIA HUNTLEY SIGOURNEY Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Poor erin's daughter cross'd the main Last Line: In desolate despair Subject(s): Despair; Ireland - Famine GREAT HUNGER: 1, by PATRICK KAVANAGH Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Clay is the word and clay is the flesh Last Line: Be easy, october. No cackle hen, horse neigh, tree sough, duck quack Alternate Author Name(s): Monaghan, Patrick Variant Title(s): The Great Hunge Subject(s): Ireland - Famine IRELAND (1847), by DENIS FLORENCE MCCARTHY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: They are dying! They are dying! Where the golden corn is growing Last Line: Health is blowing! Alternate Author Name(s): Maccarthy, Denis Florence Subject(s): Freedom; Ireland - Famine; Patriotism; Liberty QUARANTINE, by EAVAN BOLAND Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In the worst hour of the worst season Subject(s): Ireland - Famine THAT THE SCIENCE OF CARTOGRAPHY IS LIMITED, by EAVAN BOLAND Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: And not simply by the fact that this shading of Subject(s): Food Habits; Ireland - Famine; Maps; Potatoes THAT THE SCIENCE OF CARTOGRAPHY IS LIMITED, by EAVAN BOLAND Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: #name? Last Line: And finds no horizon %will not be there Subject(s): Food Habits; Ireland - Famine; Maps; Potatoes THE FAMINE YEAR, by JANE FRANCESCA WILDE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Weary men, what reap ye? Golden corn for the stranger Last Line: And arraign ye as our murderers, the spoilers of our land. Alternate Author Name(s): Speranza; Elgee, Jane Francesca; Wilde, William Robert Wills, Mrs. Subject(s): Freedom; Ireland - Famine; Vengeance; Liberty THE GREAT HUNGER: 1, by PATRICK KAVANAGH Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: Clay is the word and clay is the flesh Alternate Author Name(s): Monaghan, Patrick Variant Title(s): The Great Hunger Subject(s): Ireland - Famine THE WAR SHIP OF PEACE, by SAMUEL LOVER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Sweet land of song, thy harp doth hang Last Line: Columbia's glorious name. Subject(s): Ireland - Famine; Jamestown (ship); Navy - United States; American Navy THE YOUNG SUICIDES IN IRELAND, by ELAINE TERRANOVA Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The sky is lined Last Line: Ticking, tipping them forward. Subject(s): Ireland - Famine; Suicide; Youth VOICES FROM THE OLD WORLD: THE FAMINE OF 1847, by SARA JANE CLARKE LIPPINCOTT Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A voice from out the highlands Last Line: When perish erin's daughters? Alternate Author Name(s): Greenwood, Grace Subject(s): Famine; Ireland - Famine; Scotland |
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