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Subject: FLAGS - GREAT BRITAIN
Matches Found: 4

UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` THE ENGLISH FLAG, by RUDYARD KIPLING    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Winds of the world, give answer! They are whimpering to and fro
Last Line: "ye have but my waves to conquer. Go forth, for it is there!"
Variant Title(s): The Flag Of England
Subject(s): Courage; Flags - Great Britain; Valor; Bravery


THE FLAG OF OLD ENGLAND, by JOSEPH HOWE (1804-1873)    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: All hail to the day when the britons came over
Last Line: Chorus—hail to the day, &c.
Subject(s): Cornwallis, Charles (1738-1805); Flags - Great Britain; Halifax, Canada; Nova Scotia


TO THE POLAR EXPEDITION, by VICTOR GUSTAVE PLARR    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: God speed you on your high emprise
Last Line: And plant the flag of england there.
Subject(s): Ambition; England; Flags - Great Britain; Ships & Shipping; English


UNION JACK, by JEANNIE KIRBY    Poem Source                    
First Line: This little flag to us so dear
Subject(s): Flags - Great Britain