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Subject: OTWAY, THOMAS (1652-1685)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` AN ALLUSION TO HORACE, THE TENTH SATYR OF THE FIRST BOOK, by JOHN WILMOT    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Well, sir, 'tis granted I said dryden's rhymes
Last Line: Approve my sense: I count their censure fame.
Alternate Author Name(s): Rochester, 2d Earl Of
Subject(s): Busby, Richard (1606-1695); Dryden, John (1631-1700); Etherege, Sir George (1635-1692); Godolphin, Sidney (1610-1643); Horace (65-8 B.c.); Otway, Thomas (1652-1685); Scroope, Sir Carr (d. 1680); Sedley, Sir Charles (1639-1701); Settle, Elkanah (1648-1724


ELEGIAC SONNET: 26. TO THE RIVER ARUN, by CHARLOTTE SMITH    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: On thy wild banks, by frequent torrents worn
Last Line: Thy otway's sorrows, and lament his fate!
Alternate Author Name(s): Smith, Charlotte Turner
Subject(s): Arun (river), England; Otway, Thomas (1652-1685); Rivers


ELEGIAC SONNET: 32. TO MELANCHOLY. WRITTEN ON BANKS OF ARUN, by CHARLOTTE SMITH    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: When latest autumn spreads her evening veil
Last Line: And soothe the pensive visionary mind!
Alternate Author Name(s): Smith, Charlotte Turner
Subject(s): Melancholy; Otway, Thomas (1652-1685); Dejection


EPIGRAM ON THOMAS OTWAY, by JOHN WILMOT    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: To form a plot
Last Line: Defaceth god's in every character.
Alternate Author Name(s): Rochester, 2d Earl Of
Subject(s): Otway, Thomas (1652-1685); Poetry & Poets


OTWAY, by PHOEBE CARY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Poet, whose lays our memory still
Last Line: And up from death to glory.
Subject(s): Otway, Thomas (1652-1685)


THE SOLDIER'S FORTUNE: PROLOGUE, by ANTHONY CARY    Poem Text                    
First Line: Forsaken dames with less concern reflect
Last Line: Show your great souls in damning poets here.
Alternate Author Name(s): Falkland, 4th Viscount
Subject(s): Otway, Thomas (1652-1685)


WHAT IS SHE? A COMEDY: PROLOGUE, by CHARLOTTE SMITH    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Twas said, long since, by various moral sages
Last Line: And asks her meed - from judgment and the heart
Alternate Author Name(s): Smith, Charlotte Turner
Subject(s): Otway, Thomas (1652-1685)