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Subject: BLAKE, ROBERT (1599-1657)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` EPITAPH ACROSTICK ON ROBERT BLAKE, by GEORGE HARRISON    Poem Source                    
First Line: R est here in peace the sacred dust
Subject(s): Admirals; Blake, Robert (1599-1657); Epitaphs; Sea


ON ROBERT BLAKE; ENGRAVED ON THE BRASS IN ST, MARGARET'S, WESTMINSTER, by LEWIS MORRIS (1833-1907)    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Kingdom or commonwealth were less to thee
Last Line: Rest here! Our abbey keeps no worthier dust!
Subject(s): Admirals; Blake, Robert (1599-1657); Westminster Abbey


ON THE VICTORY OBTAINED BY ADMIRAL BLAKE, by ANDREW MARVELL    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Now does spain's fleet her spacious wings unfold
Last Line: And tells the world, how much to you it owes.
Subject(s): Admirals; Blake, Robert (1599-1657); Sea Battles; Naval Warfare


THE DEATH OF ADMIRAL BLAKE: AUGUST 7TH, 1657, by HENRY JOHN NEWBOLT    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Laden with spoil of the south, fulfilled with the glory of achievement
Last Line: And darkness took the land his soul desired.
Subject(s): Admirals; Blake, Robert (1599-1657)