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Subject: SEBASTIAN, SAINT (D. 288)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` BLACK IS THE COLOR OF MY TRUE LOVE'S HAIR, by REGINALD SHEPHERD    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: In the painting by guido reni of saint sebastian
Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Sebastian, Saint (d. 288); Supermarkets


LOVE SONG OF ST. SEBASTIAN, by THOMAS STEARNS ELIOT    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I would come in a shirt of hair
Last Line: And because you were no longer beautiful %to anyone but me
Alternate Author Name(s): Eliot, T. S.
Subject(s): Love; Martyrs; Sebastian, Saint (d. 288)


METAMORPHOSES: 15. PERSEUS (SAINT SEBASTIAN), by WAYNE KOESTENBAUM            Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: My wart grew. It became the hand's foundation
Subject(s): Sebastian, Saint (d. 288)


METAMORPHOSES: 15. PERSEUS (SAINT SEBASTIAN), by WAYNE KOESTENBAUM    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: My wart grew. It became the hand's foundation
Last Line: This winter does not take place on parnassus
Subject(s): Sebastian, Saint (d. 288)


SAINT SEBASTIAN, by VALERY YAKOVLEVICH BRYUSOV    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: On slow and smoky fire thou burn'st and art consumed
Last Line: To kiss thy mouth?
Alternate Author Name(s): Brusov, Valery Yakovlevich
Subject(s): Angels; Heaven; Sebastian, Saint (d. 288); Paradise


SAINT SEBASTIAN, by WILLIAM STANLEY MERWIN    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: So many times I have felt them come, lord
Last Line: Thy kingdom that on these erring shafts comes
Alternate Author Name(s): Merwin, W. S.
Subject(s): Mountain Climbing; Sebastian, Saint (d. 288)


SAINT SEBASTIAN. ANTONELLO DA MESSINA. THE DRESDEN GALLERY, by KATHERINE HARRIS BRADLEY    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Young sebastian stands beside a lofty tree
Last Line: Little clouds obtrude %storm-accentuating light!
Alternate Author Name(s): Field, Michael (with Edith Emma Cooper)
Subject(s): Antonello Da Messina (1430-1479); Paintings And Painters; Sebastian, Saint (d. 288)