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Subject: MARBLEHEAD, MASSACHUSETTS
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A PLEA FOR FLOOD IRESON, by CHARLES TIMOTHY BROOKS    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Old flood ireson! All too long
Last Line: Shall cleanse the stain and expiate all.
Alternate Author Name(s): Brooks, C. T.
Subject(s): Disasters; Ireson, Floyd; Marblehead, Massachusetts; Shipwrecks


BY THE SEA-SHORE, by JOHN WHITE CHADWICK    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The curved strand / of cool, gray sand
Last Line: That one such day has ever been.
Subject(s): Marblehead, Massachusetts; Seashore; Beach; Coast; Shore


CAPTAIN MORROW'S THANKSGIVING, by LILLIE E. BARR    Poem Text                    
First Line: Over the waves the petrel sped
Last Line: Well led by captain morrow.
Subject(s): Holidays; Marblehead, Massachusetts; Sailing & Sailors; Thanksgiving Day; Seamen; Sails


SKIPPER IRESON'S RIDE, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Of all the rides since the birth of time
Last Line: By the women of marblehead!
Subject(s): Disasters; Duty; Ireson, Floyd; Marblehead, Massachusetts; Shipwrecks


THE FIRE OF DRIFTWOOD; DEVEREUX FARM, NEAR MARBLEHEAD, by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: We sat within the farmhouse old
Last Line: The thoughts that burned and glowed within.
Subject(s): Farm Life; Marblehead, Massachusetts; Memory; Agriculture; Farmers


THE SWAN SONG OF PARSON AVERY, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: When the reaper's task was ended, and the summer wearing late
Last Line: When they see the white waves breaking on the rock of avery's fall!
Subject(s): Marblehead, Massachusetts


THE WISHING BRIDGE, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Among the legends sung or said
Last Line: "but in his own best way!"
Subject(s): Bridges; Marblehead, Massachusetts