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Subject: HOLY FAMILY
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A SABBATH DAY; IN FIVE WATCHES, by JOHN DRINKWATER    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: You were three men and women two
Last Line: The quiet festival of sleep.
Subject(s): Holy Family; Sabbath; Sunday


CHERRY-TREE CAROL, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
First Line: When joseph was an old man
Last Line: Nor in paradise, %but within a stall
Subject(s): Holy Family


THE FLIGHT INTO EGYPT; A BALLAD, by FRANCIS SYLVESTER MAHONY    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: There's a legend that's told of a gypsy who dwelt
Last Line: With her host on the bank of the nile.
Alternate Author Name(s): Prout, Father
Subject(s): Holy Family; Religion; Theology