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Subject: LIEGE, BATTLE OF (1914)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` THE BATTLE OF LIEGE, by DANA BURNET    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Now spake the emperor to all his shining battle forces
Last Line: And the moon rode up behind the smoke and showed the king his dream.
Subject(s): Liege, Battle Of (1914); William Ii, Kaiser Of Germany (1859-1941; World War I; First World War


THE KAISER AND BELGIUM, by STEPHEN PHILLIPS    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: He said: 'thou petty people, let me pass'
Last Line: Then thy destruction slake thy madman's thirst.
Subject(s): Liege, Battle Of (1914); William Ii, Kaiser Of Germany (1859-1941; World War I; First World War


THE LADS OF LIEGE, by PERCY MACKAYE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The lads of liege, beyond our eyes
Last Line: Fortissimi sunt belgæ!
Alternate Author Name(s): Mackaye, Percy Wallace
Subject(s): Caesar, Julius (100-44 B.c.); Courts & Courtiers; Liege, Battle Of (1914); War