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Subject: STOWE, HARRIET BEECHER (1811-1896)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A GREETING; HARRIET BEECHER STOWE'S 70TH ANNIVERSARY, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Thrice welcome from the land of flowers
Last Line: The noblest work by woman done.
Subject(s): Stowe, Harriet Beecher (1811-1896)


CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA - EXPOSTULATION, by JANET HAMILTON    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: No darker record on the roll of time
Last Line: Nor heaven nor earth will bid your cause god-speed
Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton, Janet Thompson
Subject(s): American Civil War; Emancipation Movement And Proclamation; Stowe, Harriet Beecher (1811-1896); U.s. - History


ELIZA HARRIS, by FRANCES ELLEN WATKINS HARPER    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Like a fawn from the arrow, startled and wild
Last Line: For the child of her love is no longer a slave!
Subject(s): Slavery; Stowe, Harriet Beecher (1811-1896); Serfs


HARRIET BEECHER READ LORD BYRON, by SAM CORNISH    Poem Source                    
First Line: Calvin %my new husband
Subject(s): Byron, George Gordon, Lord (1788-1824); Poetry And Poets; Stowe, Harriet Beecher (1811-1896)


HARRIET BEECHER STOWE, by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR    Poem Text     Poem Explanation                 Poet's Biography
First Line: She told the story, and the whole world wept
Last Line: A race to freedom and herself to fame.
Subject(s): Slavery; Stowe, Harriet Beecher (1811-1896); Writing & Writers; Serfs


HARRIET BEECHER STOWE'S WORKS: 'UNCLE TOM'S CABIN', by FRANK BARBOUR COFFIN    Poem Text                    
First Line: That grand and noble woman dear
Last Line: Till right had error wrought.
Subject(s): Stowe, Harriet Beecher (1811-1896)


HARRIET BEECHER STOWE: SCRIBBLER, by ANN STRUTHERS    Poem Source                    
First Line: New yorkers were amazed at this portrait
Last Line: Maybe that's why the corners of her mouth %turn up so slightly
Subject(s): Literature; Museums; Portraits; Stowe, Harriet Beecher (1811-1896); Theater And Theaters


HARRIET BEECHER STOWE: SLAVERY AND THE DOMESTIC LIFE, by SAM CORNISH    Poem Source                    
First Line: When I mentioned slavery
Subject(s): Slavery; Stowe, Harriet Beecher (1811-1896)


LINES ADDRESSED TO MRS. H.B. STOWE ON HER VISIT TO GLASGOW, 1853, by JANET HAMILTON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Lady, to thee, to fortune, and to fame
Last Line: Shall meet thee—not on earth; our goal's the sky.
Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton, Janet Thompson
Subject(s): Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Stowe, Harriet Beecher (1811-1896); Temperance; Antislavery Movement - United States; Prohibition


THE BEECHER BEACHED, by JOHN BANISTER TABB    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Were harriet beecher well aware
Last Line: "henceforth she best might sell her ware."
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Stowe, Harriet Beecher (1811-1896)


TWO POEMS TO HARRIET BEECHER STOWE: 1. AT THE SUMMIT, by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Sister, we bid you welcome, - we who stand
Last Line: What more can heaven bestow!
Subject(s): Stowe, Harriet Beecher (1811-1896)


TWO POEMS TO HARRIET BEECHER STOWE: 2. THE WORLD'S HOMAGE, by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: If every tongue that speaks her praise
Last Line: With heaven's own benediction.
Subject(s): Stowe, Harriet Beecher (1811-1896)