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Subject: SHANNON (RIVER), IRELAND
Matches Found: 7

UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A BALLAD OF ATHLONE; OR, HOW THEY BROKE DOWN THE BRIDGE, by AUBREY THOMAS DE VERE    Poem Text     Poem Explanation                 Poet's Biography
First Line: Does any man dream that a gael can fear?
Last Line: And the ten that shook bloody hands with death!
Subject(s): Shannon (river), Ireland; War


BIRTH, by BRENDAN KENNELLY    Poem Source                    
First Line: Where the shannon meets the sea
Last Line: Pity is born
Subject(s): Birth; Islands; Piety; Pity; Shannon (river), Ireland


SHANID CASTLE, by GERALD JOSEPH GRIFFIN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: On shannon side the day is closing fair
Last Line: And bless thee for the joys I yet remember well!
Subject(s): Shannon (river), Ireland


SHANNON WAY, by BRENDAN KENNELLY    Poem Source                    
First Line: He's going blind. Wrote a poem once
Last Line: As the shannon flow
Subject(s): Poetry And Poets; Rivers; Shannon (river), Ireland; Women


SUNSET ON THE LOWER SHANNON, by AUBREY DE VERE    Poem Text                    
First Line: Stilled are the winds, scarce heard far ocean's roar
Last Line: And now the last expiring beam has fled.
Subject(s): Shannon (river), Ireland


THE HARPER, by THOMAS CAMPBELL    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: On the green banks of shannon, when sheelah was nigh
Last Line: I can nevermore return with my poor dog tray.
Variant Title(s): The Irish Harper And His Dog;poor Dog Tray
Subject(s): Animals; Dogs; Shannon (river), Ireland


THE SHANNON, by AUBREY DE VERE    Poem Text                    
First Line: River of billows, to whose mighty hear
Last Line: My lips with limerick's wrong, with aughrim's woes?
Subject(s): Shannon (river), Ireland