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Subject: SANTIAGO, BATTLE OF (1898)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A PRAYER, AFTER SANTIAGO, by SILAS WEIR MITCHELL    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Almighty god! Eternal source / of every arm we dare to wield
Last Line: Could strike, yet spare the fallen state.
Subject(s): God; Prayer; Santiago, Battle Of (1898); Spanish-american War (1898); War


AN ODE OF BATTLES, by SILAS WEIR MITCHELL    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Long ages past / the slow ice sledges bore
Last Line: Throbbed with freedom's answered prayer.
Subject(s): American Civil War; Death; Gettysburg Campaign (1863); Grief; Santiago, Battle Of (1898); Soldiers; Spanish-american War (1898); U.s. - History; Dead, The; Gettysburg, Battle Of; Sorrow; Sadness


DEEDS OF VALOR AT SANTIAGO, by CLINTON SCOLLARD    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Who cries that the days of daring are those that are faded far
Last Line: Themselves their peers.
Subject(s): Patriotism; Santiago, Battle Of (1898); Santiago, Cuba; Spanish-american War (1898)


SANTIAGO, by THOMAS ALLIBONE JANVIER    Poem Text                    
First Line: In the stagnant pride of an outworn race
Last Line: So the fight was won that our sampson planned!
Subject(s): Santiago, Battle Of (1898); Santiago, Cuba; Sea Battles; Spanish-american War (1898); Naval Warfare


SPAIN IN AMERICA, by GEORGE SANTAYANA    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: When scarce the echoes of manila bay
Last Line: "thou who wouldst teach us hope, with her who taught us prayer."
Subject(s): Imperialism; Pelayo. First Christian King (d. 737); Santiago, Battle Of (1898); Spanish-american War (1898)


THE CHARGE AT SANTIAGO, by WILLIAM HAMILTON HAYNE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: With shot and shell, like a loosened hell
Last Line: Looks with his piercing eye!
Subject(s): Courage; Santiago, Battle Of (1898); Santiago, Cuba; Spanish-american War (1898); Valor; Bravery


THE FLEET AT SANTIAGO, by CHARLES EDWARD RUSSELL    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The heart leaps with the pride of their story
Last Line: How we thrill with the joy of their fame!
Subject(s): Navy - United States; Santiago, Battle Of (1898); Santiago, Cuba; Spanish-american War (1898); American Navy


WHEELER'S BRIGADE AT SANTIAGO, by WALLACE RICE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Beneath the blistering tropical sun
Last Line: "kept time to the tune of ""dixie."
Alternate Author Name(s): Groot, Cecil De
Subject(s): Santiago, Battle Of (1898); Santiago, Cuba; Spanish-american War (1898); Wheeler, Joseph (1836-1906)