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Subject: BOSTON FIRE (1872)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` AFTER THE FIRE [NOVEMBER 9, 1872], by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: While far along the eastern sky
Last Line: The cloudless azure whence they came!
Subject(s): Boston Fire (1872)


BOSTON, by JOHN BOYLE O'REILLY    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: O broad-breasted queen among nations!
Last Line: Has conquest achieved.
Variant Title(s): The Great Fire Of November 9, 1872
Subject(s): Boston Fire (1872)


THE CHURCH OF THE REVOLUTION, by HEZEKIAH BUTTERWORTH    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Loud through the still november air
Last Line: Long may it stand!
Subject(s): Boston Fire (1872); Old South Church, Boston