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Subject: PLYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` AN INTERVIEW WITH MILES STANDISH, by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I sat one evening in my room
Last Line: And he will print my ditty.
Subject(s): Plymouth, Massachusetts; Standish, Miles (1584-1656)


DESIRE MINTER, by MARION PERHAM GALE    Poem Text                    
First Line: She sees the white mist rise to blot the land
Last Line: "england . . . England is calling to my soul!"
Subject(s): Mayflower (ship); Pilgrimages & Pilgrims; Plymouth, Massachusetts


ELDER FAUNCE AT PLYMOUTH ROCK, by CAROLINE FRANCES ORNE    Poem Text                    
First Line: An old, old man!
Last Line: "to freedom half so dear."
Subject(s): Plymouth, Massachusetts


FIVE KERNELS OF CORN [APRIL, 1622], by HEZEKIAH BUTTERWORTH    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Twas the year of the famine in plymouth of old
Last Line: To the thanksgiving feast bring five kernels of corn!
Subject(s): Famine; Plymouth, Massachusetts; United States - Colonial Period


THE LANDING OF THE PILGRIM FATHERS IN NEW ENGLAND [NOVEMBER 19, 1620], by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The breaking waves dashed high / on a stern and rock-bound coast
Last Line: Freedom to worship god.
Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, Felicia Dorothea
Variant Title(s): The Landing Of The Pilgrim Fathers;the Pilgrim Fathers
Subject(s): Freedom; Holidays; Patriotism; Pilgrim Fathers; Plymouth, Massachusetts; Thanksgiving Day; United States; Women; Liberty; America


THE MAYFLOWERS, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Sad mayflower! Watched by winter stars
Last Line: Afresh the flowers of god!
Subject(s): Arbutus; Plymouth, Massachusetts; Mayflowers


THE PILGRIM FATHERS, by JOHN PIERPONT    Poem Text     Poem Explanation                 Poet's Biography
First Line: The pilgrim fathers, - where are they?
Last Line: Shall foam and freeze no more.
Subject(s): Holidays; Pilgrim Fathers; Plymouth, Massachusetts; Thanksgiving Day


THE WILD ROSE OF PLYMOUTH, by JONES VERY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Upon the plymouth shore the wild rose blooms
Last Line: Of love and beauty ever to remain.
Subject(s): Flowers; Plymouth, Massachusetts; Roses