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Subject: JAMES II, KING OF ENGLAND (1633-1701)
Matches Found: 8

UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A PINDARICK TO MRS. BEHN ON HER POEM ON THE CORONATION, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: "hail, thou sole empress of the land of wit"
Last Line: Since the first mother of mankind rebell'd
Subject(s): "behn, Aphra (1640-1689);james Ii, King Of England (1633-1701);life;poetry & Poets;women;


AN ESSAY TOWARDS A CHARACTER OF HIS SACRED MAJESTY KING JAMES II, by PHILIP AYRES    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I paint the prince the world would surely crave
Last Line: Fall short of james the great, the good, the just.
Subject(s): James Ii, King Of England (1633-1701)


REBUSE, by NATHANIEL COTTON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The name of the monarch that abandon'd his throne
Last Line: Is the name of the fair, I prefer to his crown.
Subject(s): James Ii, King Of England (1633-1701)


REBUSE, by NATHANIEL COTTON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The golden stem, with generous aid
Last Line: Is the name of the nymph I pursue.
Subject(s): James Ii, King Of England (1633-1701)


REBUSE, by NATHANIEL COTTON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Tell me the fair, if such a fair there be
Last Line: Whose sweetness softens majesty and wit.
Subject(s): James Ii, King Of England (1633-1701)


REBUSE, by NATHANIEL COTTON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: That awful name which oft inspires
Last Line: My little wily wanton's name.
Subject(s): James Ii, King Of England (1633-1701)


TO HIS SACRED MAJESTY KING JAMES II, by THOMAS FLATMAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Dread prince! Whom all the world admires and fears
Last Line: Or fly like phantoms from the rising sun.
Subject(s): James Ii, King Of England (1633-1701)


TO MY LORD THE KING, ON THE CHRISTENING HIS SECOND SON JAMES, by BEN JONSON    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: That thou art loved of god, this work is done
Last Line: Oceano secura meo, securior umbris.
Subject(s): Charles I, King Of England (1600-1649); James Ii, King Of England (1633-1701)