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Subject: USEFULLNESS
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A BROKEN LUTE, by CLINTON SCOLLARD    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I am the thing round which the aureole
Last Line: One with the whole, one with the infinite!
Subject(s): Lutes; Usefullness


MOURNING PABLO NERUDA, by ROBERT BLY    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Water is practical / especially in august
Last Line: Gone.
Subject(s): Death; Legacies; Mourning; Nature; Neruda, Pablo (1904-1973); Usefullness; Water; Dead, The; Bereavement


OH! BE SOMETHING!, by RICHARD SOLOMON GEDNEY    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Oh! Be something! - oh! Be something!
Last Line: Without a purpose there!
Subject(s): Desire; Fame; Service; Usefullness; Reputation


SING-SONG; A NURSERY RHYME BOOK: 94, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: An emerald is as green as grass
Last Line: But a flint holds fire.
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina
Variant Title(s): Jewels;precious Stones;a Flint
Subject(s): Usefullness


THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 49, by HAN SHAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Things all have their uses
Last Line: Will never match a crippled cat
Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan
Subject(s): Chinese Literature; Usefullness


THESE FOLK OF NATURE, by LOUIS D. WEBER    Poem Text                    
First Line: One morning I was slumbering in my bed
Last Line: If the birds weren't here to lighten the spot.
Subject(s): Friendship; Kindness; Usefullness


USEFUL, by JEAN FOLLAIN    Poem Source                    
First Line: In the colors of the useful
Last Line: And the things around them unite %to be reflected in their eyes
Subject(s): Poetry And Poets; Usefullness