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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: THEBES, GREECE Matches Found: 6 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` DAYS OF 1931, by JAMES COLLINS Poem Source First Line: A ritual, he thinks, is something you continue to do long after it has lost Last Line: He was wrong. Not one had that desire Subject(s): Cavafy, Constantine P. (1863-1933); Mythology - Classical; Orpheus; Thebes, Greece THE TRYST, by VALERY YAKOVLEVICH BRYUSOV Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: In the land of ra the flaming, by the shores of nile's slow Last Line: As of old, by nile's slow waters, in the land beyond the sea. Alternate Author Name(s): Brusov, Valery Yakovlevich Subject(s): Love; Memory; Passion; Prayer Meetings; Thebes, Greece THEBES, by LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Thebes! Who shall weep aright for thee Last Line: Shall he herculean thebes profane? Alternate Author Name(s): Seneca Subject(s): Thebes, Greece THEBES, by PINDAR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: In whom, o thebes, of all the host Last Line: The sons of aegeus, sprung from thee? Subject(s): Thebes, Greece TO THE DUCHESS OF ORMOND, WITH THE POEM 'PALAMON AND ARCITE', by JOHN DRYDEN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Madam, / the bard who first adorned our native tongue Last Line: And wear the garter of his mother's race. Variant Title(s): Fables Ancient And Modern: To Her Grace The Duchess Of Ormonde Subject(s): Beauty; Chaucer, Geoffrey (1342-1400); Fables; Somerset, Mary. Duchess Of Ormond; Thebes, Greece; Allegories TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 3. TWIN STATUES OF AMENOPHIS III AT THEBES, by EDWARD CARPENTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Thousands of years Last Line: "and placed them here—to last as long as heaven." Subject(s): Statues; Thebes, Greece; Tourists; Travel; Journeys; Trips |
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