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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: WEST VIRGINIA Matches Found: 11 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` AT HARPER'S FERRY JUST BEFORE THE ATTACK, by EDWARD W. WILLIAMS Poem Text First Line: The hour, the spot, are here at last Last Line: And ages long of troubles end. Subject(s): Harpers Ferry, West Virginia BLENNERHASSET'S ISLAND, by THOMAS BUCHANAN READ Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Once came an exile, longing to be free Last Line: Proclaims how ruin rules with full contentment here. Subject(s): Blennerhasset Island, West Virginia; Burr, Aaron (1756-1836) HARPER'S FERRY, by CARL JOHN BOSTELMANN Poem Source First Line: Something immortal is sequestered here Subject(s): Harpers Ferry, West Virginia JOHN BROWN OF OSAWATOMIE [OCTOBER 16, 1859], by EDMUND CLARENCE STEDMAN Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: John brown in kansas settled, like a steadfast yankee farmer Last Line: May trouble you more than ever, when you've nailed his coffin down! Variant Title(s): How John Brown Took Harper's Ferry;john Brown At Harper's Ferry;how Old John Brown Took Harper's Ferry Subject(s): Abolitionists; Brown, John (1800-1859); Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Freedom; Harpers Ferry, West Virginia; Slavery; Anti-slavery; Antislavery Movement - United States; Liberty; Serfs ON THE ABANDONMENT OF THE COUNTRY CHURCHES OF WEST VIRGINIA, by ROGER+(2) WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: Gusts play in the hardwoods. Appalachia's brittle Last Line: Its beseechments into a sort of deafness Subject(s): Churches; West Virginia SHO' NOUGH BAND MUSIC, by GARNETT LAIDLAW ESKEW Poem Text First Line: Sam, he plays de trombone Last Line: On my ol' bass horn. Subject(s): West Virginia THE BATTLE OF MUSKINGUM; OR, THE DEFEAT OF THE BURRITES, by WILLIAM HARRISON SAFFORD Poem Text First Line: Ye jovial throng, come join the song Last Line: To breakfast on cold porridge. Subject(s): Blennerhasset Island, West Virginia; Burr, Aaron (1756-1836) THE BOOK OF THE DEAD: STATEMENT: PHILLIPA ALLEN, by MURIEL RUKEYSER Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: You like the state of west virginia very much, do you not? Subject(s): West Virginia THE BOOK OF THE DEAD: WEST VIRGINIA, by MURIEL RUKEYSER Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: They saw rivers flow east and hoped again. Subject(s): West Virginia TWILIGHT IN WEST VIRGINIA: SIX O'CLOCK MINE REPORT, by IRENE MCKINNEY Poem Source First Line: Green soaks into the dark trees Last Line: And drop at the edge of the strip job. %the fires in the mines do not stop burning Subject(s): Mines And Miners; West Virginia WAITING FOR GRUSHENKA IN WEST VIRGINIA, by VINCENT HAMILTON Poem Source First Line: Already, the moon. What wouldn't come with such Last Line: And in the labored hum-joy of bees at sage Subject(s): Nature; West Virginia |
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