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Subject: JUDAS ISCARIOT (D. 30 A.D.)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A BALLAD OF OLD POPE JOHN, by THOMAS WALSH    Poem Text                    
First Line: When there were popes in avignon
Last Line: "so must our feast proceed."
Alternate Author Name(s): Gill, Roderick; Strange, Garrett
Subject(s): Judas Iscariot (d. 30 A.d.); Popes; Papacy


A CASUAL OBSERVATION, by BENJAMIN FRANKLIN KING    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Dar's nuffin' hyar but vanity
Last Line: An' silently await de judgment day.
Alternate Author Name(s): King, Ben
Subject(s): Judas Iscariot (d. 30 A.d.)


APOCRYPHA, by BABETTE DEUTSCH    Poem Text         Poet Analysis            
First Line: When john the baptist was so young
Last Line: He shaped a kiss: all day she smiled.
Alternate Author Name(s): Yarmolinsky, Avrahm, Mrs.
Subject(s): Jesus Christ - Childhood & Youth; John The Baptist, Saint (1st Century); Judas Iscariot (d. 30 A.d.); Mothers


COVENANTERS: JUDAS ISCARIOT, by RONALD STUART THOMAS    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Picked flowers stole birds' eggs
Last Line: Free will to do that which he had to do
Alternate Author Name(s): Thomas, R. S.
Subject(s): Judas Iscariot (d. 30 A.d.)


DIRE: 3. PETER'S PENCE FROM PERUGIA, by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Iscariot, thou grey-grown beast of blood
Last Line: With dusty shame, when thou art damned and dead.
Subject(s): Death; Fear; Judas Iscariot (d. 30 A.d.); Nations; Dead, The


DIRE: 4. PAPAL ALLOCUTION, by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: What hast thou done? Hark, till thine ears wax hot
Last Line: Barks for his advent in the clefts of hell.
Subject(s): Hell; Judas Iscariot (d. 30 A.d.); Nations; Sin


ENQUIRY, by CLYDE MCGEE    Poem Text                    
First Line: Judas the disciple was
Last Line: For the part we play?
Subject(s): Apostles; Betrayal; Bible; Judas Iscariot (d. 30 A.d.); Disciples, Twelve


FRAGMENT OF A CHARACTER OF JACOB TONSON (HIS PUBLISHER), by JOHN DRYDEN    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: With leering looks, bull-fac'd, and freckl'd fair
Last Line: And frowzy pores that taint the ambient air.
Subject(s): Faces; Judas Iscariot (d. 30 A.d.)


GETHSEMANE, by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Pursing his traitor lips he onward went
Last Line: The sin he worked with, nor its curse removed.
Subject(s): Gethsemane; Jesus Christ; Judas Iscariot (d. 30 A.d.)


GODS PRICE, AND MANS PRICE, by ROBERT HERRICK    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: God bought man here with his hearts blood expence
Last Line: And man sold god here for base thirty pence.
Subject(s): Judas Iscariot (d. 30 A.d.)


HEART'S COUNSEL, by HASSOLDT DAVIS    Poem Text                    
First Line: Look, lord judas, here, in the diligent brain
Last Line: A cross's width between.
Subject(s): Dishonor; Dreams; Jesus Christ; Judas Iscariot (d. 30 A.d.); Tears; Nightmares


HISTORICAL JUDAS, by HOWARD NEMEROV    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: He too has an eternal part to play
Last Line: To make our meanness look like justice in %all historie commissioned by the winners
Subject(s): Judas Iscariot (d. 30 A.d.)


I LIKE THE MOON AM, FR.JUDAS, by THOMAS STURGE MOORE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: So judas prayed
Last Line: Is all my words meant.
Alternate Author Name(s): Moore, T. Sturge
Subject(s): Judas Iscariot (d. 30 A.d.)


JUDAS, by GAMALIEL BRADFORD    Poem Text                    
First Line: They called him king; and I would have no king
Last Line: Oh, god! Oh, god! Why did I do this thing?
Subject(s): Judas Iscariot (d. 30 A.d.)


JUDAS, by EVELYN LUNDBERG    Poem Text                    
First Line: So judas came and sought the priests and said
Last Line: Knowing divine forgiveness even his!
Subject(s): Judas Iscariot (d. 30 A.d.)


JUDAS, by EDWIN MUIR    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Judas iscariot drearily
Last Line: Judas iscariot by the tree
Subject(s): Judas Iscariot (d. 30 A.d.)


JUDAS, by EDITH BLAND NESBIT    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: For what wilt thou sell thy lord?
Last Line: Thy brother, the lord whom thou soldest -- and the soul that thou hast cast out!
Alternate Author Name(s): Nesbit, E.; Bland, Mrs. Hubert
Subject(s): Judas Iscariot (d. 30 A.d.); Socialism


JUDAS, by HAROLD VINAL    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Judas smoothed his heavy beard
Subject(s): Judas Iscariot (d. 30 A.d.)


JUDAS ISCARIOT, by CATHERINE CATE COBLENTZ    Poem Source                    
First Line: The disciple wrapped close his garment of red
Subject(s): Judas Iscariot (d. 30 A.d.)


JUDAS ISCARIOT, by MARGARET NICKERSON MARTIN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Judas was I! Ah, the mockery!
Subject(s): Jesus Christ - Suffering And Sacrifice; Judas Iscariot (d. 30 A.d.)


JUDAS ISCARIOT, by TOMAZ SALAMUN                       
First Line: In the middle ages the mob
Subject(s): Judas Iscariot (d. 30 A.d.)


JUDAS TREES, by RICHARD FOERSTER    Poem Source                    
First Line: Is this the emblem for betrayal
Last Line: Saying breath-of-love, if I can
Subject(s): Apostles; Betrayal; Bible; Crucifixion; Jesus Christ; Judas Iscariot (d. 30 A.d.); Repentance


LAST SUPPER: JESUS TO JUDAS, by SAMUEL FOSTER DAMON    Poem Source                    
First Line: In no one sin couldst tou abide
Alternate Author Name(s): Dalton, S. Foster
Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Judas Iscariot (d. 30 A.d.)


RETRIBUTION, by WILMA CRITTENDEN    Poem Text                    
First Line: I spilt my blood upon a battlefield
Last Line: Behold the courage of the wandering jew!
Subject(s): Dreams; Hate; Jews; Judas Iscariot (d. 30 A.d.); Life; Nightmares; Judaism


SCRIPTURE LESSON, by RAYMOND OLIVER    Poem Source                    
First Line: Judas, one of the chosen
Last Line: Madmen, the sick, the blind, %discerned him every time
Subject(s): Faith; Judas Iscariot (d. 30 A.d.); Religion


SIMON AND JUDAS, by KENNETH WIGGINS PORTER    Poem Text                    
First Line: How dare we look askance at these two men
Last Line: Nor followed even at a great way off!
Subject(s): Jesus Christ = Suffering & Sacrifice; Judas Iscariot (d. 30 A.d.)


SIMON AND JUDAS, by KENNETH WIGGINS PORTER    Poem Source                    
First Line: At these two men will may we churchmen scoff
Subject(s): Jesus Christ - Suffering And Sacrifice; Judas Iscariot (d. 30 A.d.)


THE BALLAD OF CHRISTMAS, by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: It was about the deep of night
Last Line: And judas one of three.
Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter
Subject(s): Christmas; Ghosts; Jesus Christ - Legends; Judas Iscariot (d. 30 A.d.); Pilate, Pontius; Supernatural; Nativity, The


THE BALLAD OF JUDAS ISCARIOT, by ROBERT WILLIAMS BUCHANAN    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Twas the body of judas iscariot
Last Line: And dries them with his hair.
Alternate Author Name(s): Maitland, Thomas
Subject(s): Judas Iscariot (d. 30 A.d.); Mysticism


THE BALLAD OF THE JUDAS TREE, by EMILY HENRIETTA HICKEY    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The blossom is on the judas tree
Last Line: The frost that burns eternally.
Subject(s): Betrayal; Judas Iscariot (d. 30 A.d.); Sin


THE FEAST OF LIGHTS, by EMMA LAZARUS    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Kindle the taper like the steadfast star
Last Line: The maccabean spirit leap new-born!
Subject(s): Faith; Israel; Jews; Judas Iscariot (d. 30 A.d.); Belief; Creed; Judaism


THE FEATHER, by FORD MADOX FORD    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I wonder dost thou sleep at night
Last Line: Friend of mine, my enemy.
Alternate Author Name(s): Hueffer, Ford Hermann; Hueffer, Ford Madox
Subject(s): Enemies; Friendship; Friendship - False Friends; Judas Iscariot (d. 30 A.d.); Fair Weather Friends


THE FEET OF JUDAS, by GEORGE MARION MCCLELLAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Christ washed the feet of judas!
Last Line: Christ washed the feet of judas.
Subject(s): Forgiveness; Judas Iscariot (d. 30 A.d.); Clemency


THE MODERN JUDAS, by HARRY RANDOLPH BLYTHE    Poem Text                    
First Line: The type has never perished from the earth
Last Line: And dark design of his satanic ways.
Subject(s): Apostles; Betrayal; Bible; Judas Iscariot (d. 30 A.d.); Disciples, Twelve


THE MOTHER OF JUDAS, by CLYDE MCGEE    Poem Text                    
First Line: O'er her dear babe she leaned with watchful care
Last Line: "forgive them for they know not what they do""?"
Subject(s): Apostles; Betrayal; Bible; Judas Iscariot (d. 30 A.d.); Disciples, Twelve


THE SILVER TRADE, by ARTHUR SZE    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: You will hammer silver into a heart
Last Line: And throw them behind the mountain.
Subject(s): Crucifixion; Judas Iscariot (d. 30 A.d.); Jesus Christ - Crucifixion


THE TRAITOR, by JOHN COWPER POWYS    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Judas am I, or peter
Last Line: And my love looking at me!
Subject(s): Betrayal; Faces; Fate; Judas Iscariot (d. 30 A.d.); Love; Night; Peter, Saint (c. 64 A.d.); Silver; Destiny; Bedtime