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Subject: FRANKLIN, SIR JOHN (1786-1847)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` LADY FRANKLIN, by ELIZABETH H. WHITTIER    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Fold thy hands, thy work is over
Last Line: Hovers o'er the winter sea.
Subject(s): Franklin, Sir John (1786-1847)


SIR JOHN FRANKLIN, by GEORGE HENRY BOKER    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: O, whither sail you, sir john franklin?
Last Line: We passed the northern sea!
Variant Title(s): A Ballad Of Sir John Franklin
Subject(s): Arctic; Explorers; Franklin, Sir John (1786-1847); Exploring; Discovery; Discoverers


SIR JOHN FRANKLIN; ON THE CENTOTAPH IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY, by ALFRED TENNYSON    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Not here! The white north has thy bones
Last Line: Toward no earthly pole.
Alternate Author Name(s): Tennyson, Lord Alfred; Tennyson, 1st Baron; Tennyson Of Aldworth And Farringford, Baron
Subject(s): Arctic; Explorers; Franklin, Sir John (1786-1847); Westminster Abbey; Exploring; Discovery; Discoverers


SONG OF THE NORTH, by ELIZABETH DOTEN    Poem Text                    
First Line: Away, away! Cried the stout sir john
Last Line: That can hold a human soul.
Alternate Author Name(s): Doten, Lizzie
Subject(s): Franklin, Sir John (1786-1847)