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Subject: GEORGE II, KING OF ENGLAND (1683-1760)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A LILLIPUTIAN ODE ON THEIR MAJESTIES' ACCESSION, by HENRY CAREY (1687-1743)    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Smile, smile, / blest isle!
Last Line: Of george and caroline!
Subject(s): George Ii, King Of England (1683-1760)


EPIGRAM ON GEORGE II AND COLLEY CIBBER, ESQ, by SAMUEL JOHNSON (1709-1784)    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Augustus still survives in maro's strain
Last Line: For nature formed the poet for the king.
Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson, Dr.
Subject(s): Cibber, Colley (1671-1757); George Ii, King Of England (1683-1760)


FOR THE KING'S BIRTHDAY 1731, by COLLEY CIBBER    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: When charles, from anarchy's retreat
Last Line: Fame shall preserve the great, and just.
Subject(s): Birthdays; Courts & Courtiers; Crowns; George Ii, King Of England (1683-1760); Happiness; Obedience; Royal Court Life; Royalty; Kings; Queens; Joy; Delight


FOR THE KING'S BIRTHDAY 1732, by COLLEY CIBBER    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Let there be light!
Last Line: And joins the joy that crowns the day.
Subject(s): George Ii, King Of England (1683-1760); Holidays; New Year


IMITATIONS OF HORACE: EPISTLE 2.1, by ALEXANDER POPE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: While you, great patron of mankind! Sustain
Last Line: Befringe the rails of bedlam and sohoe.
Variant Title(s): To Augustus
Subject(s): Dramatists; Dryden, John (1631-1700); George Ii, King Of England (1683-1760); Great Britain - Foreign Relations; Immortality; Lely, Sir Peter (1618-1680); Paintings And Painters; Plays & Playwrights; Poetry & Poets; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Spen


LINES ON THE SUCCESSION OF THE KINGS OF ENGLAND, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
First Line: George the fourth, the son of third, the grandson of the second
Subject(s): George Ii, King Of England (1683-1760); George Iii, King Of England (1738-1820); George Iv, King Of England (1762-1830); Mnemonics


LINES TO KING GEORGE II, by ALEXANDER POPE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: O all-accomplish'd caesar! On thy shelf
Last Line: And there triumphant sing thy soverain's praise.
Subject(s): George Ii, King Of England (1683-1760)


ODE TO THE KING, SELECTION, by EDWARD YOUNG (1683-1765)    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Old ocean's praise
Last Line: When such resemblance shines in kings!
Subject(s): Courts & Courtiers; George Ii, King Of England (1683-1760)


THE GEORGES, by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: George the first was always reckoned
Last Line: (god be praised!) the georges ended.
Subject(s): George I, King Of England (1660-1727); George Ii, King Of England (1683-1760); George Iii, King Of England (1738-1820); George Iv, King Of England (1762-1830)