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Subject: MOLIERE (JEAN POQUELIN) (1622-1673)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` LA BONNE COMEDIE, by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: True comedy circum praecordia ludit
Last Line: And it treads in the steps of its master, moliere!
Alternate Author Name(s): Dobson, Austin
Subject(s): Comedy; Moliere (jean Poquelin) (1622-1673)


TO MOLIERE, by NICOLAS BOILEAU-DESPREAUX    Poem Text     Poem Explanation                 Poet's Biography
First Line: A thousand envious wits in vain
Last Line: So much you would not earn their spite.
Alternate Author Name(s): Boileau, Nicolas
Subject(s): Moliere (jean Poquelin) (1622-1673)


TO THE PEACOCK OF FRANCE, by MARIANNE MOORE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: In 'taking charge of your possessions when you saw them'
Last Line: Tail was unfurled.
Variant Title(s): French Peacock
Subject(s): Moliere (jean Poquelin) (1622-1673)