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Subject: BELISARIUS (505-565)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` BELISARIUS, by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I am poor and old and blind
Last Line: Am belisarius!
Subject(s): Belisarius (505-565); Constantinople; Generals; Istambul; Byzantium


BELISARIUS (1), by FREDERICK WILLIAM HENRY MYERS    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Blind I am, and poor and aged, but my spirit holds its might
Last Line: For my fame shall live beyond me, and the recompense is nigh.
Alternate Author Name(s): Myers, Frederic
Subject(s): Belisarius (505-565); Constantinople; Generals; Istambul; Byzantium


BELISARIUS (2), by FREDERICK WILLIAM HENRY MYERS    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: A beggar begging in the public streets
Last Line: "my deeds—my deeds—shall ring through after time."
Alternate Author Name(s): Myers, Frederic
Subject(s): Belisarius (505-565); Constantinople; Generals; Istambul; Byzantium


SONGS FROM THE SEARCH OF BELISARIUS: THE CYPRIOT'S SONG, by PERCY STICKNEY GRANT    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Two things the gods cannot destroy
Last Line: Where sacrifice is paid.
Subject(s): Belisarius (505-565); Constantinople; Generals; Istambul; Byzantium


SONGS FROM THE SEARCH OF BELISARIUS: THE GIRL'S SONG, by PERCY STICKNEY GRANT    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Tell me! If you found me in a mart
Last Line: And dream of me?
Subject(s): Belisarius (505-565); Constantinople; Generals; Istambul; Byzantium


SONGS FROM THE SEARCH OF BELISARIUS: THE KNIGHT'S SONG, by PERCY STICKNEY GRANT    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: My lady loves her radiant garden
Last Line: Give me love!
Subject(s): Belisarius (505-565); Constantinople; Generals; Istambul; Byzantium