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Subject: SEBASTIAN. KING OF PORTUGAL (1554-1578)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` DEPARTURE OF KING SEBASTIAN, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
First Line: It was a lusitanian lady, and she was lofty in degree
Last Line: At young sebastian's feet?' she said -- 'the lord hath blessed my king'
Subject(s): Absence; Heaven; Melancholy; Sebastian. King Of Portugal (1554-1578)


ODE ON THE DEFEAT OF KING SEBASTIAN OF PORTUGAL, by FERDINAND DE HERRERA    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: A voice of woe, a murmur of lament
Last Line: An ample tribute bear of afric's paynim blood.
Alternate Author Name(s): Herrera, Fernando De
Subject(s): Sebastian. King Of Portugal (1554-1578)


THE BATTLE OF ALCAZAR, by GEORGE PEELE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Honor, the spur that pricks the princely mind
Last Line: Here endeth the tragical battle of alcazar.
Subject(s): Alcazar, Battle Of (1578); Sebastian. King Of Portugal (1554-1578); Stucley, Thomas (1525-1578); Stukely, Thomas