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Subject: ADDAMS, JANE (1860-1935)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` JANE ADDAMS, by GWENDOLYN BROOKS    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis         Recitation by Author     Poet's Biography
First Line: I am jane addams
Last Line: So speaks a giant. Jane
Subject(s): Addams, Jane (1860-1935); Reform & Reformers


JANE ADDAMS, by GWENDOLYN BROOKS    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I am jane addams
Last Line: Nourishing here, there; %pressing a hand %among the ruins, %& among the %seeds of restoration. %so s
Subject(s): Addams, Jane (1860-1935); Reform And Reformers


JANE ADDAMS, by RUTH COMFORT MITCHELL    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Remember botticelli's fortitude
Last Line: "are, ""what is that to thee?"" and ""feed my sheep!"
Alternate Author Name(s): Young, Sanborn, Mrs.
Subject(s): Addams, Jane (1860-1935); Reform And Reformers


TO JANE ADDAMS AT THE HAGUE: 1. SPEAK NOW FOR PEACE, by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Lady of light, and our best woman, and queen
Last Line: Back of the smoke is the promise of kindness again.
Alternate Author Name(s): Lindsay, Vachel
Subject(s): Addams, Jane (1860-1935); Lusitania (ship); Peace; Reform & Reformers; World War I; First World War