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Subject: MARQUIS, DON (1878-1937)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` NURSERY RHYMES FOR THE TENDER-HEARTED (DEDICATED TO DON MARQUIS): 1, by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Scuttle, scuttle, little roach
Last Line: I explore the pantry shelf!
Alternate Author Name(s): Hall, Galway
Subject(s): Cockroaches; Marquis, Don (1878-1937)


NURSERY RHYMES FOR THE TENDER-HEARTED (DEDICATED TO DON MARQUIS): 2, by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Rockabye, insect, lie low in thy den
Last Line: Death to poor cockroach, hen, baby and all.
Alternate Author Name(s): Hall, Galway
Subject(s): Cockroaches; Marquis, Don (1878-1937)


NURSERY RHYMES FOR THE TENDER-HEARTED (DEDICATED TO DON MARQUIS): 3, by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: There was a gay henroach, and what do you think
Last Line: But the kitchen maid caught him and squashed him at last.
Alternate Author Name(s): Hall, Galway
Subject(s): Cockroaches; Marquis, Don (1878-1937)


NURSERY RHYMES FOR THE TENDER-HEARTED (DEDICATED TO DON MARQUIS): 4, by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I knew a black beetle, who lived down a drain
Last Line: And he'll never come bathing with me any more.
Alternate Author Name(s): Hall, Galway
Subject(s): Beetles; Insects; Marquis, Don (1878-1937); Bugs