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Subject: SELKIRK, ALEXANDER (1676-1721)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` CHRISTMAS ALONE IN KEY WEST, by JOHN CIARDI    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: That christmas alone in no difference really
Last Line: Is there's no reason to go and less to stay
Subject(s): Christmas; Selkirk, Alexander (1676-1721); Solitude


VERSES SUPPOSED TO BE WRITTEN BY ALEXANDER SELKIRK, by WILLIAM COWPER    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I am monarch of all I survey
Last Line: And reconciles man to his lot.
Variant Title(s): Verses By Alexander Selkirk;alexander Selkirk;the Solitude Of Alexander Selkirk
Subject(s): Explorers; Memory; Selkirk, Alexander (1676-1721); Solitude; Exploring; Discovery; Discoverers; Loneliness