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Subject: RODERICK, KING OF THE VISIGOTHS (D. 711)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` LAMENT OF DON RODRIGO, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
First Line: The hosts of don rodrigo were scattered in dismay
Last Line: O death, why now so slow art thou %why fearest thou to smite?
Variant Title(s): The Lamentation Of Don Roderic
Subject(s): Courts And Courtiers; Roderick, King Of The Visigoths (d. 711); Spain


PENITENCE OF DON RODERICK, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
First Line: It was when the king rodrigo had lost his realm of spain
Last Line: Washed from offence, his spirit hence to god its flight hath taken
Subject(s): Courts And Courtiers; Repentance; Roderick, King Of The Visigoths (d. 711); Sin


THE BUSH THAT BURNED, by LOIS MOYLES    Poem Text                    
First Line: He stood beside a bush that burned
Last Line: Softly and sweetly speaking to me.
Subject(s): Goths; Roderick, King Of The Visigoths (d. 711)


THE VISION OF DON RODERICK, by WALTER SCOTT    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Lives there a strain, whose sounds of mounting fire
Last Line: I strike my red-cross flag, and bind my skiff to land.
Subject(s): Roderick, King Of The Visigoths (d. 711); Spain - History