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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` AN EXPLANATION OF AN EMBLEM ENGRAVEN BY V.H., by THOMAS FLATMAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Seest thou those rays, the light 'bove them?
Last Line: Give me the glory, that's above the crown.
Subject(s): Engraving & Engravers; Hollar, Vaclar (1607-1677)


ON THE PORTRAIT OF SHAKESPEARE, by BEN JONSON    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: This figure, that thou here seest put
Last Line: Not at his picture, but his book.
Variant Title(s): To The Reader
Subject(s): Books; Dramatists; Droeshout, Martin; Engraving & Engravers; Plays & Playwrights ; Poetry & Poets; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Writing & Writers; Reading; Dramatists


THE CITY OF DREADFUL NIGHT: 21, by JAMES THOMSON (1834-1882)    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Anear the centre of that northern crest
Last Line: And confirmation of the old despair.
Alternate Author Name(s): B. V.; Bysshe Vanolis
Variant Title(s): Melencolia
Subject(s): Art & Artists; Despair; Durer, Albrecht (1471-1528); Engraving & Engravers


THE MIND OF THE FRONTISPIECE TO A BOOK, by BEN JONSON    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: From death and dark oblivion (near the same)
Last Line: The light of truth, and life of memory.
Subject(s): Art & Artists; Books; Engraving & Engravers; Reading


TO MY INGENIOUS FRIEND MR. WILLIAN FAITHORNE, ON HIS BOOK OF DRAWING, by THOMAS FLATMAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Should I attempt an elogy, or frame
Last Line: From dull oblivion, and a gaping grave.
Subject(s): Engraving & Engravers; Faithorne, William (1616-1691)