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Subject: LEXINGTON, BATTLE OF (1775)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A SONG FOR LEXINGTON, by ROBERT KELLEY WEEKS    Poem Text                    
First Line: The spring came earlier on
Last Line: Our first immortal name!
Subject(s): American Revolution; Fourth Of July; Lexington, Battle Of (1775); Independence Day; Concord, Battle Of


BATTLE OF LEXINGTON, by SIDNEY LANIER    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Then haste ye, prescott and revere!
Subject(s): American Revolution; Lexington, Battle Of (1775)


DAWN AT LEXINGTON, by KATHARINE LEE BATES    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: A stealthy tramping through the dark
Last Line: Flooding the world with light!
Subject(s): American Revolution; Lexington, Battle Of (1775); Revere, Paul (1735-1818); War; Concord, Battle Of


LEXINGTON, by PERCY MACKAYE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Where is the little town of lexington?
Last Line: "let lexington be still our revolution-cry!"
Alternate Author Name(s): Mackaye, Percy Wallace
Subject(s): American Revolution; Freedom; Lexington, Battle Of (1775); Revolutions; Liberty; Concord, Battle Of


LEXINGTON DAY, 1905, by AMELIA WOODWARD TRUESDELL    Poem Text                    
First Line: On the hundred and thirtieth lexington day
Last Line: To our sons may he be their buckler and shield!
Subject(s): American Revolution; Battleships; Freedom; Heroism; Lexington, Battle Of (1775); Patriotism; Liberty; Heroes; Heroines; Concord, Battle Of


LEXINGTON [APRIL 19, 1775], by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Slowly the mist o'er the meadow was creeping
Last Line: Floats the fair emblem her heroes have won!
Subject(s): American Revolution; Lexington, Battle Of (1775); Concord, Battle Of


LEXINGTON; 1775, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: No berserk thirst of blood had they
Last Line: The lion of our motherland!
Subject(s): American Revolution; Lexington, Battle Of (1775); Concord, Battle Of


NEW ENGLAND'S CHEVY CHASE, by EDWARD EVERETT HALE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Twas the dead of night. By the pine-knot's red light
Last Line: Has the old bay state seen such a hunting again.
Subject(s): American Revolution; Lexington, Battle Of (1775); Concord, Battle Of


SPLENDID ISOLATION; A MORAL FROM LEXINTON, 1775, by KATHARINE LEE BATES    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Oh, but my husband, matthew
Last Line: At last it mattered to him.
Subject(s): American Revolution; Lexington, Battle Of (1775); Concord, Battle Of


THE BATTLE OF LEXINGTON, by SIDNEY LANIER    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Then haste ye, prescott and revere!
Last Line: And died at the door of your house of fame
Subject(s): American Revolution; Lexington, Battle Of (1775); Concord, Battle Of


THE FIRST BATTLE OF THE REVOLUTION, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: "a century ago, on sterile land"
Last Line: And fair columbia won a diadem
Subject(s): "american Revolution;lexington, Battle Of (1775);" "concord, Battle Of;


THE MINUTEMEN OF NORTHBORO, by WALLACE RICE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Tis noonday by the buttonwood, with slender shadowed bud
Last Line: And take the plough again in peace, their warrior's duty done.
Alternate Author Name(s): Groot, Cecil De
Subject(s): American Revolution; Lexington, Battle Of (1775); Concord, Battle Of