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Subject: SOUTH SEA ISLANDS
Matches Found: 6

UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` AN ODE FOR THE NEW YEAR AS IT WAS SUNG BEFORE HIS MAJESTY, by LAWRENCE EUSDEN    Poem Text         Poet Analysis            
First Line: Lift up thy hoary head, and rise
Last Line: Britannia is a brunswick's care.
Subject(s): Caroline Of Brunswick, Queen Of England; Courts & Courtiers; Crowns; George I, King Of England (1660-1727); Government; Politics & Government; South Sea Islands; Royal Court Life; Royalty; Kings; Queens


ARS POETICA: OR: WHO LIVES IN THE IVORY TOWER?, by THOMAS MCGRATH    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Perhaps you'd like a marching song for the embattled proletariat ...
Last Line: Your feet are muddy, you son-of-a-bitch, get out of our ivory tower
Subject(s): Motion Pictures; Poetry & Poets; South Sea Islands; Movies; Cinema


HEAVEN, by RUPERT BROOKE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Fish (fly-replete, in depth of june
Last Line: There shall be no more land, say fish.
Subject(s): Fish & Fishing; Soldiers' Writings; South Sea Islands; Anglers


IDOLS, by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: They made them idols in the elder days
Last Line: Salute the mystery beyond their ken.
Subject(s): God; Idols; South Sea Islands


PORTO RICO, by GEORGE E. BOWEN    Poem Text                    
First Line: Oh, the soft blue waves of the southern sea
Last Line: That is what it seems to be.
Subject(s): Freedom; Islands; Puerto Ricans - New York City; South Sea Islands; Liberty


RETROSPECT, by RUPERT BROOKE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: In your arms was still delight
Last Line: Mataiea, january 1914
Subject(s): Soldiers' Writings; South Sea Islands