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Subject: CONFIRMATION
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A SAD STORY, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: There were two young ladies from birmingham
Last Line: Of the bishop while he was confirming 'em
Subject(s): Clergy;confessions;confirmation; Priests;rabbis;ministers;bishops


CLARE OF ASSISI, by MADELINE DEFREES    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Far ahead, we could already make out the bishop
Last Line: Hear those bells under water.
Alternate Author Name(s): Mary Gilbert, Sister; De Frees, Madeline
Subject(s): Confirmation; Names; Nuns


CONFIRMATION, by MIRIAM DEL BANCO    Poem Text                    
First Line: An organ swelling out its solemn measure
Last Line: Look at the picture, prithee, ere we go!
Subject(s): Children; Clergy; Confirmation; Childhood; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


CONFIRMATION DAY, by PAMELA GEMIN    Poem Source                    
First Line: O bernadette, the day I took your name
Last Line: Please don't go back to france %we could have such a blast
Subject(s): Catholics; Confirmation; Jesus Christ


CONFIRMATION DAYS, by JR. ORVAL A. LUND    Poem Source                    
First Line: Sitting around in a blue funk, idly
Last Line: Which, come to think of it, would have explained a lot
Subject(s): Catholics; Churches; Clergy; Confirmation


HER CONFIRMATION, by SELWYN IMAGE    Poem Text                    
First Line: When my clorinda walks in white
Last Line: Till heaven's possessed!
Subject(s): Confirmation