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Subject: GILBERT, SIR HUMPHREY (1539-1583)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` SIR HUMPHREY GILBERT [1583], by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Southward with fleet of ice
Last Line: Sinking, vanish all away.
Subject(s): America - Exploration; Gilbert, Sir Humphrey (1539-1583); Sea; Ocean


THE FIRST AMERICAN SAILORS, by WALLACE RICE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Five fearless knights of the first renown
Last Line: Upon american sailors.
Alternate Author Name(s): Groot, Cecil De
Subject(s): America - Exploration; Drake, Sir Francis (1540-1596); Gilbert, Sir Humphrey (1539-1583); Grenville, Sir Richard (1542-1591); Hawkins, Sir John (1532-1595); Sailing & Sailors


THE SPIRIT OF THE AGES, by ALICE CARTER COOK    Poem Text                    
First Line: Stretched on the sand while tawny sailors ply
Last Line: Still vows to keep a tryst with high romance.
Subject(s): Gilbert, Sir Humphrey (1539-1583); Millais, Sir John E. (1829-1896); Raleigh, Sir Walter (1552-1618)