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Subject: COPERNICUS. NICOLAUS (1473-1543)
Matches Found: 3

UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` HOW STEP BY STEP WE HAVE COME TO UNDERSTAND, by MILLER WILLIAMS    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: In the sixteenth century nicholas copernicus
Last Line: And that's hard. That's hard
Subject(s): Change; Copernicus. Nicolaus (1473-1543); Darwin, Charles (1809-1882); Earth; Einstein, Albert (1879-1955); Science


THE ASTRONOMICAL ALDERMAN, by HORACE SMITH    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The pedant or scholastikos became
Last Line: "and that's the reason no one sees him!"
Alternate Author Name(s): Smith, Horatio
Subject(s): Astronomy & Astronomers; Copernicus. Nicolaus (1473-1543)


WATCHERS OF THE SKY: 1. COPERNICUS, by ALFRED NOYES    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The neighbours gossiped idly at the door
Last Line: "in that pure realm whose darkness is our peace."
Subject(s): Astronomy & Astronomers; Copernicus. Nicolaus (1473-1543); Cosmology