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Subject: MITHRODATES THE GREAT
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` MITHRIDATES, by RALPH WALDO EMERSON    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I cannot spare water or wine
Last Line: But sun me in the capitol.
Subject(s): Mithridates Vi Eupator (d. 63 B.c.); Mithrodates The Great


MITHRIDATES AT CHIOS, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Know'st thou, o slave-cursed land!
Last Line: To break, not wield, the scourge wet with their blood and tears.
Subject(s): Chios (island), Greece; Mithridates Vi Eupator (d. 63 B.c.); Slavery; Mithrodates The Great; Serfs


MITHRIDATES PRESENTING BERENICE WITH THE CUP OF POISON, by ALFRED TENNYSON    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Oh! Berenice, lorn and lost
Last Line: And then farewell -- farewell for ever!
Alternate Author Name(s): Tennyson, Lord Alfred; Tennyson, 1st Baron; Tennyson Of Aldworth And Farringford, Baron
Subject(s): Mithridates Vi Eupator (d. 63 B.c.); Mithrodates The Great