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Subject: BRYAN, SIR FRANCIS (D. 1550)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` SATIRE: 3. TO SIR FRANCIS BRIAN, by THOMAS WYATT    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: A spending hand that always poureth out
Last Line: And coin to keep as water in a sieve.
Alternate Author Name(s): Wyat, Thomas
Subject(s): Bryan, Sir Francis (d. 1550)


TO MY MOST DEARELY-LOVED FRIEND HENERY REYNOLDS ESQUIRE, OF POETS, by MICHAEL DRAYTON    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: My dearely loved friend how oft have we
Last Line: And so my deare friend, for this time adue.
Subject(s): Beaumont, Francis (1584-1616); Beaumont, Sir John (1583-1627); Bryan, Sir Francis (d. 1550); Dramatists; Drummond, William (1585-1649); Gascoigne, George (1525-1577); Plays & Playwrights ; Poetry & Poets; Reynolds, Henry (17th Century); Sylvester, Joshu


WYATT BEING IN PRISON, TO BRIAN, by THOMAS WYATT    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Sighs are my food, drink are my tears
Last Line: But yet, alas, the scar shall still remain.
Alternate Author Name(s): Wyat, Thomas
Variant Title(s): Sighs Are My Food;epigram: 24
Subject(s): Bryan, Sir Francis (d. 1550); Prisons & Prisoners; Convicts