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| Searching... Subject: CORRUPTION IN POLITICS Matches Found: 22 A REPUBLIC!, by EDGAR LEE MASTERS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Her faith abandoned and her place despised Last Line: Her gland pituitary being lost. Subject(s): Corruption In Politics; United States; America AFTER THE DELUGE, by WOLE SOYINKA Poet's Biography First Line: Once, for a dare Subject(s): Corruption In Politics; Human Rights AFTER THE DELUGE, by WOLE SOYINKA Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Once, for a dare Last Line: They hunt and mate %on crusted algae Subject(s): Corruption In Politics; Human Rights COLOSSUS, by EDWARD FIELD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: It's awesome to have straddled a century Last Line: To crumble into ruins with it Alternate Author Name(s): Elliot, Bruce Subject(s): Corruption In Politics; Social Commentaries CORRUPTION; AN EPISTLE, by THOMAS MOORE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Boast on, my friend -- though stripp'd of all beside Last Line: O england! Sinking england! Boast no more. Alternate Author Name(s): Little, Thomas Subject(s): Corruption In Politics; Freedom; Great Britain - Revolution, 1688; Liberty; English Revolution, 1688 EPIGRAM ON SEEING A PAIR OF SCALES IN A LAWYER'S OFFICE, by ROYALL TYLER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Lo here's the place where law prevails Last Line: "a sign that justice there is sold." Alternate Author Name(s): Old Simon; S. Subject(s): Corruption In Politics; Hypocrisy; Law & Lawyers FABLES: 2ND SER. 10. THE DEGENERATE BEES, by JOHN GAY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Though courts the practice disallow Last Line: We're honour'd by the virtuous few. Subject(s): Bees; Corruption In Politics; Insects; Beekeeping; Bugs FABLES: 2ND SER. 4. THE ANT IN OFFICE, by JOHN GAY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: You tell me that you apprehend Last Line: As due, to publick use restor'd. Subject(s): Ants; Corruption In Politics; Insects; Bugs FABLES: 2ND SER. 9. THE JACKAL, LEOPARD, AND OTHER BEASTS, by JOHN GAY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I grant corruption sways mankind Last Line: Time-serving tools, not friends, are bought. Subject(s): Corruption In Politics FATHER TO SON, by BRENDAN KENNELLY Poem Source First Line: Crooked? He was so crooked, son Last Line: He'd shit a corkscrew Subject(s): Corruption In Politics; Fathers And Sons; Ireland FUNNY, by BRENDAN KENNELLY Poem Source First Line: Corruption rhymes with dublin Last Line: Relax. Enjoy the funny, stinking play. Subject(s): Corruption In Politics; Dublin, Ireland GENERAL DUDAYEV ENTERS THE NEW WORLD, by RACHEL LODEN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: In nature nothing disappears, or appears Last Line: To live creatively in a changing world Subject(s): Chechen, Socialist Republic; Corruption In Politics IN GEORGETOWN; HOLIDAY INN, WASHINGTON, D.C., by HAYDEN CARRUTH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: This is not where the rich and famous pursue their lifestyles Last Line: "melodiously at the door: ""are you all right, sir? Are you all right in there?" Subject(s): Americans; Corruption In Politics & Government; Hotels; Politics; Social Protest; United States; Washington, D.c.; Inns; Innskeepers; Motels; Boarding Houses; Politicians; Political Poetry; America LONDON, FR. SONGS OF EXPERIENCE, by WILLIAM BLAKE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I wander thro' each charter'd street Last Line: And blights with plagues the marriage-hearse. Variant Title(s): London Subject(s): Bible; Corruption In Politics; London; Mythology; Poverty; Voices ONE THING ONLY, by BRENDAN KENNELLY Poem Source First Line: The politicians shout bellow roar Last Line: Not me! Not me! Not me! Subject(s): Corruption In Politics; Guilt; Politics ORTHODOXIES 11, by ECE AYHAN Poem Source First Line: She used to flog her girls, a madam, in a half-assed way. It Last Line: Out of the embrace of a girl and a customer bear Subject(s): Corruption In Politics; Turkish Literature; Women PROGRESS, by PERCY STICKNEY GRANT Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I saw a leader riding. O how white! Last Line: Unless disgrace and death pay god a toll. Subject(s): Corruption In Politics; Leadership REMEMBER WARING! (THE CITY AGAINST TAMMANY), by ROBERT UNDERWOOD JOHNSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Again the bugle-blow Last Line: Remember waring. Subject(s): Corruption In Politics; Tammany Hall, New York City SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: ADAM WEIRAUCH, by EDGAR LEE MASTERS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I was crushed between altgeld and armour Last Line: That ruined me? Subject(s): Corruption In Politics THE AFTERLIFE: LETTER TO STEPHEN DOBYNS: 1, by HAYDEN CARRUTH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: You live in a sinking nation, stephen, in a stinking Last Line: Of all the beauty and comradeship I've lost. Subject(s): Corruption In Politics; Dobyns, Stephen; Future Life; Letters; Social Protest; United States; Retribution; Eternity; After Life; America 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 WILLIAM THE TESTY, by ARTHUR GUITERMAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Afar in the ages of quaint renown Last Line: That governs the town of new amsterdam! Subject(s): Corruption In Politics; Kieft, Willem (1597-1647); New York City - Dutch Period; Politics; Quarrels; Politicians; Political Poetry; Arguments; Disagreements |
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