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Subject: SHEBA, QUEEN OF (10TH CENTURY B.C.)
Matches Found: 8

DEDICATED TO HER HIGHNESS, by ELIZABETH JANE COATSWORTH    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The queen of sheba was a true romantic
Last Line: A sovereign in state, surrounded by her servants.
Alternate Author Name(s): Beston, Henry, Mrs.
Subject(s): Sheba, Queen Of (10th Century B.c.)


KING SOLOMON AND THE BEES; A TALE OF THE TALMUD, by JOHN GODFREY SAXE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: When solomon was reigning in his glory
Last Line: As israel's king learned wisdom from the bees!
Subject(s): Bees; Insects; Jews; Sheba, Queen Of (10th Century B.c.); Solomon (10th Century B.c.); Beekeeping; Bugs; Judaism


QUEEN OF SHEBA, by THOMAS JOHN CARLISLE    Poem Source                    
First Line: Her dark beauty
Last Line: Long after she departed - and so do we
Subject(s): Sheba, Queen Of (10th Century B.c.); Women - Bible


QUEEN OF SHEBA, by KATHLEEN JAMIE    Poem Source                    
First Line: Scotland, you have invoked her name
Last Line: The queen of sheba!
Subject(s): Sheba, Queen Of (10th Century B.c.)


QUEEN OF SHEBA, by GENIE ZEIGER    Poem Source                    
First Line: I think of her as I run the single-edged razor
Last Line: Wondered, who in the world did she think she was
Subject(s): Sheba, Queen Of (10th Century B.c.)


SHEBA, by JANE FLANDERS    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Is that the queen of sheba tethered
Last Line: She still hears ancient voices calling: %'sheba!' (sweetly) 'sheba!'
Subject(s): Sheba, Queen Of (10th Century B.c.)


THE LOVER OF QUEEN SHEBA, by ARTHUR WILLIAM SYMONS    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I live before the moon of queens
Last Line: Bow down to me, o solomon!
Subject(s): Sheba, Queen Of (10th Century B.c.)


THE QUEEN OF SHEBA, by STARK YOUNG    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: That thou, wales, mayst enter here, we grant
Last Line: Oh, return, return, that I may look upon thee.
Subject(s): Sheba, Queen Of (10th Century B.c.)