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Subject: SANDYS, GEORGE (1578-1644)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` ON THE DEATH OF MY MUCH HONOURED UNCLE, MR. G. SANDYS, by WILLIAM HAMMOND    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Pardon, great soul, if duty grounded on
Last Line: Tis making anthems in the heavenly quire!
Subject(s): Death; Sandys, George (1578-1644); Dead, The


SANDY'S GHOST; OR ... BALLAD ON THE NEW OVID'S METAMORPHOSIS, by ALEXANDER POPE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Ye lords and commons, men of wit
Last Line: Quoth sandys: to waste-paper.
Subject(s): Dunton, John (1659-1733); Garth, Sir Samuel (1661-1719); Ovid (43 B.c.-17 A.d.); Sandys, George (1578-1644); Stanyan, Temple (d. 1752); Translating & Interpreting


TO MASTER GEORGE SANDYS TREASURER FOR THE ENGLISH COLONY IN VIRGINIA, by MICHAEL DRAYTON    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Friend, if you thinke my papers may supplie
Last Line: So (noble sandis) for this time adue.
Subject(s): News; Sandys, George (1578-1644); Virginia (state)


TO MY HONOURED FRIEND MR. GEORGE SANDYS, by HENRY KING (1592-1669)    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: It is, sir, a confess'd intrusion here
Last Line: Who firm'd his name on such a pyramid.
Subject(s): Sandys, George (1578-1644)


TO MY WORTHY FRIEND MR. GEORGE SANDYS, by THOMAS CAREW    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I press not to the choir, nor dare I greet
Last Line: Than all the flour'shing wreaths by laureates worn.
Subject(s): Sandys, George (1578-1644); Translating & Interpreting