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Subject: CHARLEMAGNE (742-814)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` AIX-LA-CHAPELLE; THE TOMB OF CHARLEMAGNE, by BAYARD TAYLOR    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I stood in that cathedral old, the work of kingly power
Alternate Author Name(s): Taylor, James Bayard
Subject(s): Aachen, Germany; Charlemagne (742-814); Graves


CHARLEMAGNE, by MARY SINTON LEITCH    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: He sits beneath the dust of conquered worlds
Subject(s): Charlemagne (742-814)


CHARLEMAGNE AND QUEEN BLANCHEFLEUR, by WILLIAM STAPLETON LONG    Poem Text                    
First Line: King charlemagne decreed a tower
Last Line: A man's relief for his broken heart.
Subject(s): Charlemagne (742-814)


CHARLEMAGNE'S HOSTAGE, by GERHART HAUPTMANN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: A clean shift! Pure and shining -- clearly bleached
Last Line: He raised his sword! Hail! He has raised his sword!
Subject(s): Charlemagne (742-814); Legends, German


CHARLEMAGNE, AND THE HYMN OF CHRIST, by RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The great king karl sat in his secret room
Last Line: Was his devout desire.
Alternate Author Name(s): Houghton, 1st Baron; Houghton, Lord
Subject(s): Charlemagne (742-814); Legends


COMING OF CHARLEMAGNE, by THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: To oggier spake king didier
Last Line: "that charlemagne is near."
Alternate Author Name(s): Macaulay, 1st Baron
Variant Title(s): Paraphrase Of A Passage In The Chronicle Of Monk Of St. Gall
Subject(s): Charlemagne (742-814)


GERMANY; A WINTER TALE: CAPUT 3, by HEINRICH HEINE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: In the old cathedral at aix-la-chapelle
Last Line: "long life to the king,"" shouting loudly."
Subject(s): Aachen, Germany; Charlemagne (742-814); Freedom; Aix-la-chapelle; Liberty


KING CHARLEMAGNE, by ROBERT SOUTHEY    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Twas strange that he loved her, for youth was gone by
Last Line: Of the spell that possess'd charlemagne.
Subject(s): Beauty; Charlemagne (742-814); Curses; Festivals; Love; Man-woman Relationships; Story-telling; Women; Fairs; Pageants; Male-female Relations


KING CHARLES' VOYAGE, by JOHANN LUDWIG UHLAND    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: With comrades twelve upon the main
Last Line: Till no more tempest stirred.
Variant Title(s): Charlemagne's Voyage
Subject(s): Charlemagne (742-814); Sea Voyages


OPENING OF THE TOMB OF CHARLEMAGNE, by AUBREY DE VERE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Amid the cloistered gloom of aachen's aisle
Subject(s): Aachen, Germany; Charlemagne (742-814); Graves


RHOTRUDA, by FREDERICK GODDARD TUCKERMAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: In the golden reign of charlemaign the king
Last Line: And rhotdora bearing eginard on her back.
Subject(s): Arthurian Legend; Charlemagne (742-814); Love; Arthur, King


SONG OF ROLAND (COMPLETE), by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
Subject(s): Charlemagne (742-814); Roland; War


SONG OF ROLAND, SELS., by UNKNOWN                       
Subject(s): Charlemagne (742-814); Roland; War


SONG OF ROLAND, SELS., by UNKNOWN                       
Subject(s): Charlemagne (742-814); Roland; War


SONG OF ROLAND, SELS., by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
First Line: In wrath and grief away the paynims fly
Subject(s): Charlemagne (742-814); Roland; War


SONG OF ROLAND, SELS., by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Charles the king, our emperor, the great
Last Line: They bear count roland's soul to paradise
Subject(s): Charlemagne (742-814); Roland; War


TALES OF A WAYSIDE INN: THE THIRD DAY: CHARLEMAGNE, by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Olger the dane and desiderio, / king of the lombards
Last Line: Fell as one dead at desiderio's feet.
Subject(s): Charlemagne (742-814); Italy; Italians


WORK AND WORSHIP; A LEGEND OF THE DANUBE, by WILLIAM ALLEN BUTLER    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Charlemagne, the mighty monarch
Last Line: And the zeal of charlemagne.
Subject(s): Charlemagne (742-814); Metten (abbey), Austria