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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: TOWER OF LONDON Matches Found: 6 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` AN ELEGY ON SIR THOMAS OVERBURY; POISONED IN THE TOWER OF LONDON, by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Had not thy wrong, like to a wound ill cur'd Last Line: An antidote against the silent grave. Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, William Of Tavistock Subject(s): Overbury, Sir Thomas (1581-1613); Poisons & Poisoning; Tower Of London BEAUCHAMP TOWER, TOWER OF LONDON; EPITAPH FOR A GOLDFINCH, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Where raleigh pin'd, within a prison's gloom Last Line: But death, more gentle than the law's decree, %hath paid my ransom from capitivity Subject(s): Tower Of London IN PRISON [AT LINN] (WRITTEN WHEN A PRISONER DURING CROMWELL'S REVOLT), by ROGER L'ESTRANGE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Beat on, proud billows; boreas blow Last Line: Disgrace to rebels, glory to my king. Variant Title(s): Loyalty Confined;mr. Le Strange His Verses Subject(s): Charles I, King Of England (1600-1649); Cromwell, Oliver (1599-1658); L'estrange, Sir Roger (1616-1704); Prisons & Prisoners; Tower Of London; Convicts THE TOWN, by ALICE MONKS MEARS Poem Text First Line: This is a dead man's town. It is his will Last Line: And not remember who built the quaint clock tower. Subject(s): Memory; Tower Of London; Towns TO THE BISHOP OF LINCOLN, ON .. ENLARGEMENT OUT OF THE TOWER, by ABRAHAM COWLEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Pardon, my lord, that I am come so late Last Line: And rather be your friend, then be your slave. Subject(s): Tower Of London; Williams, John. Archbishop Of Canterbury VERSES IN THE SCRIBLERIAN MANNER (2), by ALEXANDER POPE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: One that should be a saint Last Line: Pray grant us admittance, and shut out miles davies. Subject(s): Davies, Miles (1662-1719); Harley, Robert. 1st Earl Of Oxford; Tower Of London; Mortimer, Earl Of |
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