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Subject: DARKNESS
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` LIGHT AND DARKNESS, by ALICE CARY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Darkness, blind darkness every way
Last Line: We sin and suffer to the end.
Subject(s): Light; Darkness; Hope; Fear


NIGHT, by JOSEPH BLANCO WHITE    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Mysterious night! When our first parent
Last Line: If light can thus deceive, wherefore not %life?
Alternate Author Name(s): Blanco, Jose Maria
Subject(s): Darkness; Night


SHADOWS TO-DAY, WHILE SHADOWS SHOW GOD'S WILL, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
Last Line: In darkness for the city luminous
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina
Subject(s): Darkness; Shadows; God


THE DARK, by ANNETTE WYNNE    Poem Text                    
First Line: The dark's a curtain black and tall
Last Line: Covers up the world inside
Subject(s): Darkness


THE FAIRIES DO NOT LIKE THE DARK, by ANNETTE WYNNE    Poem Text                    
Last Line: Each shakes a little light
Subject(s): Fairies; Darkness


THE LITTLE WINDOW, by ANNETTE WYNNE    Poem Text                    
First Line: The little window's open wide
Last Line: It lets its own warm shining out.
Subject(s): Darkness; January; Night; Sleep; Bedtime


THE PLEASANT DARK, by ANNETTE WYNNE    Poem Text                    
First Line: The pleasant dark that comes at night
Last Line: Is just as friendly as the light
Subject(s): Darkness; Night