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Subject: PARASITES
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A LUNGWORM, by ROY FULLER    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: My normal dwelling is the lungs of swine
Last Line: That must escape the knife
Subject(s): Lungs; Parasites


ON AN ILL-NATURED PARASITE, by ROWLAND EYLES EGERTON-WARBURTON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: When he eats, 'tis to banquet as somebody's guest
Last Line: Unless it be done at the cost of his friends.
Alternate Author Name(s): Egerton-warburton, R. E.
Subject(s): Parasites


THE OAK OF OUR FATHERS, by ROBERT SOUTHEY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Alas for the oak of our fathers, that stood
Last Line: In its beauty, the glory and pride of the wood!
Subject(s): Death; Ivy; Lament; Oak Trees; Parasites; Dead, The