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Subject: WILLIAM III, KING OF ENGLAND (1650-1702)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A FABLE, by MATTHEW PRIOR    Poem Text     Poem Explanation                 Poet's Biography
First Line: In aesop's tales an honest wretch we find
Last Line: He without hair, and thou without a crown.
Subject(s): William Iii, King Of England (1650-1702)


A HYMN OF PRAISE FOR THREE GREAT SALVATIONS: THE LANDING WILLIAM III, by ISAAC WATTS    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: But lo! The great deliverer sails
Last Line: A hymn of praise for
Subject(s): William Iii, King Of England (1650-1702)


AN ENGLISH BALLAD, ON THE TAKING OF NAMUR BY THE KING OF GREAT BRITAIN, by MATTHEW PRIOR    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Some folks are drunk, yet do not know it
Last Line: And so be constable of france.
Subject(s): Namur, Belgium; William Iii, King Of England (1650-1702)


BUCOLIC COMEDY: FOX TROT, by EDITH SITWELL    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Old / sir / faulk, / tall as a stork
Last Line: Lest the flood -- the flood -- the flood begin again through these!
Subject(s): Mary Ii, Queen Of England (1662-1694); William Iii, King Of England (1650-1702)


ECCLESIASTICAL SONNETS: PART 3: 9. WILLIAM THE THIRD, by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Calm as an under-current, strong to draw
Last Line: Shrinks from the verdict of his stedfast eye.
Subject(s): Sea; William Iii, King Of England (1650-1702); Ocean


FABLE, by CHARLES SEDLEY    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: In aesop's tales an honest wretch we find
Last Line: He without hair, and thou without a crown
Subject(s): William Iii, King Of England (1650-1702)


FOR THE KING'S BIRTHDAY 1697, by NAHUM TATE    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Summon to the cheerful plain
Last Line: Who fights to give freedom, and conquers to save.
Subject(s): Birthdays; Courts & Courtiers; William Iii, King Of England (1650-1702)


ON HIS MAJESTY'S CONQUESTS IN IRELAND, by THOMAS SHADWELL    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: How great a transport is a brave man in
Last Line: And that shall crown your arms, and they your love.
Subject(s): Army - Great Britain; Protestantism; Soldiers; Victory; War; William Iii, King Of England (1650-1702)


ON KING WILLIAM III, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: As I walk'd by my self
Last Line: The self-same thing will be
Subject(s): "william Iii, King Of England (1650-1702);


THE GROTTO; WRITTEN UNDER THE NAME OF PETER DRAKE, A FISHERMAN, by MATTHEW GREEN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Adieu awhile, forsaken flood
Last Line: A woman wise men canonize.
Subject(s): Buildings & Builders; Courts & Courtiers; Houses; Richmond Park, England; William Iii, King Of England (1650-1702); Royal Court Life; Royalty; Kings; Queens