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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: UNITED STATES - COLONIAL PERIOD Matches Found: 11 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A BALLAD OF THE BOSTON TEA-PARTY [DECEMBER 16, 1773], by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: No! Never such a draught was poured Last Line: And cheer the wakening nations! Subject(s): Boston Tea Party; Freedom; Patriotism; United States - Colonial Period; Liberty A SONG OF AMERICAN FREEDOM (THE LIBERTY SONG), by JOHN DICKINSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Come join hand in hand, brave americans all Last Line: Not as slaves, but as freemen our money we'll give. Alternate Author Name(s): Penman Of The Revolution Subject(s): Freedom; United States - Colonial Period; Liberty FIVE KERNELS OF CORN [APRIL, 1622], by HEZEKIAH BUTTERWORTH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Twas the year of the famine in plymouth of old Last Line: To the thanksgiving feast bring five kernels of corn! Subject(s): Famine; Plymouth, Massachusetts; United States - Colonial Period JERUSALEM THE GOLDEN: 74. THE ENGLISH IN VIRGINIA, APRIL 1607, by CHARLES REZNIKOFF Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: They landed and could Subject(s): United States - Colonial Periodl Nature LA PUCELLE DE VERCHERES, by GEORGE HERBERT CLARKE Poem Text First Line: Name of heaven! 'no woman, 'you say, 'may be Last Line: But to test our own was madeleine's soul lent us from heaven an hour. Subject(s): Courage; Death; Religion; United States - Colonial Period; Women; Valor; Bravery; Dead, The; Theology NEW ENGLAND'S GROWTH, by WILLIAM BRADFORD Poem Text First Line: Famine once we had Last Line: If you will take the pains them to seek for. Subject(s): New England; United States - Colonial Period OUR COUNTRY, by JULIA WARD HOWE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: On primal rocks she wrote her name Last Line: The gift of faith, the crown of song! Subject(s): Patriotism; United States - Colonial Period THE BATTLE OF LA PRAIRIE, 1691, by WILLIAM DOUW LIGHTHALL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: That was a brave old epoch Last Line: "I'm here to answer you!" Alternate Author Name(s): Schuyler-lighthall, William Douw Subject(s): French & Indian Wars; La Prairie, Battle Of (1691); United States - Colonial Period THE COURTSHIP OF MILES STANDISH, by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In the old colony days, in plymouth the land of the pilgrims Last Line: So through the plymouth woods passed onward the bridal procession. Subject(s): Pilgrim Fathers; Standish, Miles (1584-1656); United States - Colonial Period THE LIBERTY SONG (WITH MUSIC), by JOHN DICKINSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Come join hand in hand, brave americans all Last Line: Not as slaves, but as freemen our money we'll give. Alternate Author Name(s): Penman Of The Revolution Subject(s): Freedom; United States - Colonial Period; Liberty THE OLD THIRTEEN, by CHARLES TIMOTHY BROOKS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The curtain rises on a hundred years Last Line: She on her anchor, hope, leans, and will ever lean. Alternate Author Name(s): Brooks, C. T. Subject(s): United States - Colonial Period |
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