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Subject: CHICAGO FIRE (1871)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` CHICAGO, by FRANCIS BRET HARTE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Blackened and bleeding, helpless, panting, prone
Last Line: The gifts her kinship and our loves reveal.
Alternate Author Name(s): Harte, Bret
Subject(s): Chicago Fire (1871)


CHICAGO, by JOHN BOYLE O'REILLY    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Gaunt in the midst of the prairie
Last Line: "answering her ""miserere!"
Subject(s): Chicago Fire (1871)


CHICAGO [OCTOBER 8-10, 1871], by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Men said at vespers: 'all is well!'
Last Line: And love is still miraculous!
Subject(s): Chicago Fire (1871)


TWO CITIES, by WILLIAM ALLEN BUTLER    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Girt with the river's silver zone
Last Line: Upon the old foundations, build!
Subject(s): Chicago Fire (1871); Cities; Corruption In Politics; New York City; Urban Life; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple