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Subject: PATERNITY
Matches Found: 4

UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` AND NOW, by BRENDAN KENNELLY    Poem Source                    
First Line: I should never have done it,' she said
Last Line: Of the wrong man
Subject(s): Daughters; Mothers; Paternity


BATTERED, by BRENDAN KENNELLY    Poem Source                    
First Line: He sits in his battered ford in the dark
Last Line: And blinding hours of work
Subject(s): Birth; Night; Paternity


THE SUPPER, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES    Poem Text         Poet Analysis            
First Line: Since music is love's milk and keeps him strong
Last Line: Has fixed on me his large, unwavering eyes.
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Babies; Love; Paternity; Infants


VIRGINIUS: VIRGINIUS IN THE FORUM, by JAMES SHERIDAN KNOWLES    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Your answer now, virginus?
Last Line: Have I not spoke the truth?
Subject(s): Paternity