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Subject: SALISBURY, 1ST EARL OF
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` EPIGRAM: TO ROBERT, EARL OF SALISBURY (1), by BEN JONSON    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: What need hast thou of me, or of my muse
Last Line: As thou stand'st clear of the necessity.
Variant Title(s): To Robert, Earl Of Salisbury
Subject(s): Cecil, Robert (1563-1612); Salisbury, 1st Earl Of; Cranborne, 1st Viscount


EPIGRAM: TO ROBERT, EARL OF SALISBURY (2), by BEN JONSON    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Who can consider thy right courses run
Last Line: To so true worth, though thou thyself forbid.
Subject(s): Cecil, Robert (1563-1612); Salisbury, 1st Earl Of; Cranborne, 1st Viscount


EPIGRAM: TO ROBERT, EARL OF SALISBURY, UPON ACESSION TO TREASURESHIP, by BEN JONSON    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Not glad, like those that have new hopes or suits
Last Line: I have sung the greater fortunes of our state.
Variant Title(s): To The Same
Subject(s): Cecil, Robert (1563-1612); Salisbury, 1st Earl Of; Cranborne, 1st Viscount