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Subject: RACINE, JEAN (1639-1699)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` AN EPISTLE: ADDRESSED TO SIR THOMAS HAMNER (1), by WILLIAM COLLINS (1721-1759)    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: While born to bring the muse's happier days
Last Line: A fond alliance with the poet's name.
Subject(s): Corneille, Pierre (1606-1684); Dramatists; Fletcher, John (1579-1625); Homer (10th Century B.c.); Jonson, Ben (1572-1637); Lucan (marcus Annaeus Lucanus); Plays & Playwrights ; Poetry & Poets; Racine, Jean (1639-1699); Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); V


DOLPHIN, by ROBERT LOWELL    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: My dolphin, you only guide me by surprise
Subject(s): Racine, Jean (1639-1699); Conduct Of Life


EPIGRAM, by ANTOINE ARNAULD    Poem Text                    
First Line: This play-wright, arrogant and mean
Last Line: He keeps the secret well!
Subject(s): Racine, Jean (1639-1699)


WORD GAME (2), by HUMBERT WOLFE    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I hate your french tragedies written in verse
Last Line: Though he laboured from now till to-morrow
Subject(s): Language; Racine, Jean (1639-1699)