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Subject: ACROPOLIS OF ATHENS
Matches Found: 7

UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A BIT OF MARBLE, by CLINTON SCOLLARD    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: This bit of polished marble - this
Last Line: Of lofty thought!
Subject(s): Acropolis Of Athens; Elgin Marbles; Sculpture & Sculptors


ACROPOLIS, by CATHERINE PATRICK    Poem Text                    
First Line: Ancient pile, which sends from the past a
Last Line: Vanish forever.
Subject(s): Acropolis Of Athens; Greece; Greeks


CORINTH, ON LEAVING GREECE, by RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I stood upon that great acropolis
Last Line: So in that parting hour was it with greece and me.
Alternate Author Name(s): Houghton, 1st Baron; Houghton, Lord
Subject(s): Acropolis Of Athens; Corinth, Greece


DIFFERENCES BETWEEN NATURISTS AND US, by MARILYN P. DONNELLY    Poem Source                    
First Line: Naturists believe in wearing nothing
Last Line: Like the rest of the populace
Subject(s): Acropolis Of Athens; Clothing And Dress


PAN IN WINTER, by BENJAMIN FRANCIS MUSSER    Poem Text                    
First Line: Yours is a pretty gesture to dismiss
Last Line: And I shall warm you with a glowing verse.
Subject(s): Acropolis Of Athens; Arcadians; Mythology - Classical; Pan (mythology); Arcadia


REMOTE LUNAR LIGHT OF MEMORY, by OSTEN SJOSTRAND    Poem Source                    
Last Line: Like fish scales near the airy film of the sea
Subject(s): Acropolis Of Athens; Memory; Shadows


THE ACROPOLIS, by THOMAS KIBBLE HERVEY    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Blue-eyed athena! What a dream wert thou!
Last Line: Mount, and replant the tree, once more, upon the moslem's grave!
Subject(s): Acropolis Of Athens