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Subject: DEMOCRITUS (460-370 B.C.)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` DEMOCRITUS, by ROBERT SEYMOUR BRIDGES    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Joy of your opulent atoms! Wouldst thou dare
Last Line: Christ with immortal love-beams laves the height.
Alternate Author Name(s): Bridges, Robert+(2)
Subject(s): Democritus (460-370 B.c.); Jesus Christ; Philosophy & Philosophers


DEMOCRITUS AND HERACLITUS, by MATTHEW PRIOR    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Democritus, dear droll, revisit earth
Last Line: Hurt, can I laugh? And honest, need I cry?
Subject(s): Democritus (460-370 B.c.); Heraclitus (540-480 B.c.); Philosophy & Philosophers


DEMOCRITUS LAUGHING AT THE FOLLY OF FLATTERY, by HENRY CAREY (1687-1743)    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! ... Hold me or I shall burst
Subject(s): Democritus (460-370 B.c.); Flattery; Philosophy And Philosophers


LUCRETIUS, by PHILLIPS KLOSS    Poem Source                    
First Line: Democritus the atom progenitor, lucretius the atom poet
Subject(s): Democritus (460-370 B.c.); Lucretius (99-55 B.c.); Philosophy And Philosophers