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Subject: HAIG, DOUGLAS. 1ST EARL HAIG (1861-1928)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` HAIG IS MOVING; AUGUST, 1918, by ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Haig is moving
Last Line: Haig is moving!
Subject(s): England; Haig, Douglas. 1st Earl Haig (1861-1928); World War I; English; First World War


ODE ON THE DEATH OF HAIG'S HORSE: 1, by DOUGLAS GARMAN    Poem Text                    
First Line: Bury the great horse / with all clubdom's lamentation
Last Line: And critics gather in smoke-room and stall.
Subject(s): Haig, Douglas. 1st Earl Haig (1861-1928); Tennyson, Alfred (1809-1892); Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron


ODE ON THE DEATH OF HAIG'S HORSE: 2, by DOUGLAS GARMAN    Poem Text                    
First Line: Where shall we raise the statue they demand?
Last Line: Recognise the work their fancy planned.
Subject(s): Haig, Douglas. 1st Earl Haig (1861-1928); Tennyson, Alfred (1809-1892); Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron


ODE ON THE DEATH OF HAIG'S HORSE: 3, by DOUGLAS GARMAN    Poem Text                    
First Line: Set up the statue: dull and staid
Last Line: Another civic statue's made.
Subject(s): Haig, Douglas. 1st Earl Haig (1861-1928); Honor; Statues; Tennyson, Alfred (1809-1892); Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron


ODE ON THE DEATH OF HAIG'S HORSE: 4, by DOUGLAS GARMAN    Poem Text                    
First Line: Mourn, for with him we lose our last / chance to redeem the errors of the past
Last Line: All criticism while he stood.
Subject(s): Haig, Douglas. 1st Earl Haig (1861-1928); Tennyson, Alfred (1809-1892); Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron


ODE ON THE DEATH OF HAIG'S HORSE: 5, by DOUGLAS GARMAN    Poem Text                    
First Line: Now all's over, of course, / and small thanks to the sculptor
Last Line: Let the bronze be cast,
Subject(s): Haig, Douglas. 1st Earl Haig (1861-1928); Tennyson, Alfred (1809-1892); Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron


ODE ON THE DEATH OF HAIG'S HORSE: 7, by DOUGLAS GARMAN    Poem Text                    
First Line: An army's voice! We have an army yet
Last Line: Our loyal passion for our tasteless kings.
Subject(s): Haig, Douglas. 1st Earl Haig (1861-1928); Military Service, Compulsory; Conscription; Military Draft; Selective Service