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Subject: JEPHTHAH (BIBLE)
Matches Found: 4

UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` JEPHTHAH'S DAUGHTER, by JENNIFER ATKINSON    Poem Source                    
First Line: Already two months alone %twice no blood
Last Line: My father will kill him and steal his land %I am a widow in a blood-stained shawl
Subject(s): Fathers And Daughters; Jephthah (bible); Sacrifices


JEPHTHAH'S DAUGHTER, by JEHOASH    Poem Text                    
First Line: There is a lonely mountain-top
Last Line: The voice of her they rue!
Alternate Author Name(s): Joash
Subject(s): Jephthah (bible); Jews; Women; Judaism


JEPHTHAH'S DAUGHTER, by BARBARA KEENER SHENK    Poem Source                    
First Line: My father promised, so there is no chance
Subject(s): Fathers And Daughters; Jephthah (bible); Sacrifices


JEPHTHAH'S DAUGHTER, by NATHANIEL PARKER WILLIS    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: She stood before her father's gorgeous tent
Last Line: And she was dead -- but not by violence.
Subject(s): Fathers & Daughters; Jephthah (bible); Sacrifices