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Subject: WORTH, PATIENCE
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A SONG, by ELIZABETH HANDS    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Ye swains cease to flatter, our hearts to obtain
Last Line: The worthy man only can hold a place there.
Alternate Author Name(s): Daphne
Subject(s): Admiration; Worth, Patience


BRAZEN HAND, by KARL KIRCHWEY    Poem Source                    
First Line: Late in the day we realized:
Last Line: Given what it had cost
Subject(s): Vacation; Worth, Patience


THE OVERWORKED GHOST, by RICHARD THOMAS LE GALLIENNE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: When the embalmer closed my eyes
Last Line: That's patience worth there on the phone!
Subject(s): Death; Worth, Patience; Dead, The