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Subject: LAWRENCE, JAMES (1781-1813)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` CHESAPEAKE AND SHANNON; ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF CAPT. LAWRENCE, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Columbia mourns in silent woe
Last Line: Vain though 'tis die, the sacred tear, %for lawrence is in heaven the same
Subject(s): Chesapeake (ship); Lawrence, James (1781-1813); Navy - United States; Sea Battles; War Of 1812


DEFEAT AND VICTORY, by WALLACE RICE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Through the clangor of cannon
Last Line: Don't give up the ship!
Alternate Author Name(s): Groot, Cecil De
Subject(s): Chesapeake (ship); Lawrence, James (1781-1813); Sea Battles; War Of 1812; Naval Warfare


IN MEMORY OF JAMES LAWRENCE, ESQUIRE, by PHILIP FRENEAU    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: To life his name to high renown
Last Line: Here lawrence rests, his country's pride, %on valor's decks who fought and died!
Subject(s): Chesapeake (ship); Lawrence, James (1781-1813); Navy - United States; War Of 1812


LAWRENCE AND LUDLOW, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: Relics of the fallen brave!
Last Line: "noble is the hero's name, / glory claims it as her own!"
Subject(s): "death;heroism;lawrence, James (1781-1813);memory;soldiers;trinity Churchyard (new York);" "dead, The;heroes;heroines;


SONG, by JAMES CAMPBELL    Poem Source                    
First Line: Ye sons of columbia, o hail the great day
Last Line: He is a man, and shall therefore be free
Subject(s): Lawrence, James (1781-1813); Navy - United States; War Of 1812


THE GRAVE OF LAWRENCE, by CLINTON SCOLLARD    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Morn and noon of day and even, human ebb and flow
Last Line: As a burning inspiration both on land and sea.
Subject(s): Lawrence, James (1781-1813); Trinity Churchyard (new York); U.s. - History