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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: HONESTY Matches Found: 49 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A JUST MAN, by ROBERT HERRICK Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A just man's like a rock that turnes the wroth Last Line: Of all the raging waves, into a froth Subject(s): Honesty AN EPITAPH ON TRUE, HER MAJESTY'S DOG, by MATTHEW PRIOR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: If wit or honesty cou'd save Last Line: And mend your own, by true's behaviour. Variant Title(s): True's Epitaph Subject(s): Animals; Death - Animals; Dogs; Epitaphs; Faith; Honesty; Belief; Creed BILL MAYNE'S STORY, by R. HOLT Poem Text First Line: They were yarning in the bar-room of a shanty in the west Last Line: Bout that truthful little story told by mayne. Alternate Author Name(s): 6 X 8 Subject(s): Fights; Honesty; Story-telling DOUBTING THOMAS, by LILLIAN F. HODGES Poem Text First Line: My friend the skeptic sees no truth in man Last Line: My friend would give his soul for faith like mine. Subject(s): Honesty EMBLEM, by FRANCIS QUARLES Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again; but he Subject(s): Honesty ENDS, by ROBERT FROST Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Loud talk in the overlighted house Last Line: But some mean what they say Subject(s): Honesty; Divorce FAIR PLAY FOR TICHBORNE AND KENEALY, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Give me the man of honest heart Last Line: Of good old english metal Subject(s): Crimes & Criminals;honesty;law & Lawyers FOOL AND FALSE, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: With the shrewd and upright man Last Line: Shun him from the start Subject(s): Friendship - Selectivity;honesty FOR THE TEACHER, by PHIL WEIDMAN Poem Source First Line: When I was a boy Last Line: Her teaching had taken hold Subject(s): Honesty; Teaching And Teachers HONESTY, by MADELINE DEFREES Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Money doesn't grow on trees, my mother said Last Line: In water I waited for incoming tide. Alternate Author Name(s): Mary Gilbert, Sister; De Frees, Madeline Subject(s): Grandparents; Honesty; Money; Mothers; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers HONESTY, by JEAN EARLE Poem Source First Line: Always a 'snapper-up of trifles Last Line: Sen against time and light, %its colour is Subject(s): Honesty HONESTY, by CAROLINE FINKELSTEIN Poem Source First Line: Physical sadness: the child is too still Last Line: Nothing excessively %twisted, just a table, window, %bed. Why lie about it (lie about it.) Subject(s): Honesty HONESTY, by ROXANN JACKSON Poem Source First Line: I feel your love Subject(s): Honesty HONESTY, by CHARLIE SMITH Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Maybe anna won't arrive Last Line: Rebuking paradise, groping for the cat Subject(s): Honesty HONESTY, by CHARLIE SMITH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Maybe anna won't arrive Last Line: Rebuking paradise, groping for the dog Subject(s): Honesty HONESTY, by JOHN WIENERS Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Asylums: yes, those gray dull planes Subject(s): Honesty HONESTY, by THOMAS WYATT Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Throughout the world if it were sought Last Line: That sweet accord is seldom seen. Alternate Author Name(s): Wyat, Thomas Variant Title(s): Of Dissembling Words;throughout The World;epigram: 32 Subject(s): Honesty HUGH THORNDYKE, by ALICE CARY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Egalton's hills are sunny Last Line: Are all we need below. Subject(s): Conduct Of Life; Work; Honesty IN ANSON'S TIME, by WILLIAM A. PHELON Poem Text First Line: They may have been crude men, and sadly dense, Last Line: In anson's time. Subject(s): Anson, Adrian (cap) (1852-1922); Baseball; Honesty; Ignorance; Sports; Dullness; Stupdity INGENIOUS OVERSOUL, by GRACE EVELYN BROWN Poem Text First Line: I am akin to failure. Dreams too high Last Line: Not judge a star as but a shining stone. Subject(s): Ambition; Honesty INTEGRITY, by WILLIAM LEROY STIDGER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: He made honest doors Last Line: And on a cross he died! Subject(s): Carpenters; Honesty; Jesus Christ - Childhood & Youth JACK HONEST, OR THE WIDOW AND HER SON, by WILLIAM MCGONAGALL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Jack honest was only eight years of age when his father died Last Line: And I'm sure they will find it the safest and the best! Subject(s): Honesty LADIES DON'T GO THIEVING, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Oh don't we live in curious times Last Line: And don't go out a - thieving Subject(s): Crimes & Criminals;duplicity;honesty;women; Deceit LO! IN THINE HONEST EYES I READ, by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: Thine honest heart is unto me Alternate Author Name(s): Stevenson, Robert Lewis Balfour Subject(s): Honesty METAMORPHOSES: THE GOLDEN AGE, by PUBLIUS OVIDIUS NASO Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: When faith and honesty with willing hand Last Line: And blest content prolonged the golden reign. Alternate Author Name(s): Ovid Subject(s): Earth; Faith; Flowers; Honesty; World; Belief; Creed MOTHER-RIGHT, by DEBORAH POPE Poem Source First Line: Whatever truth is Last Line: Wincing my heart, %a step before they do Subject(s): Honesty; Mothers; Truth MY GENTLEMAN, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: I own a dog who is a gentleman Last Line: God grant I may be worthy of my dog!' Subject(s): Animals;dogs;friendship;gentility;honesty;loyalty NECESSARY OBSERVATIONS: 17TH PRECEPT, by THOMAS RANDOLPH Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: To gather wealth through fraud do not presume Last Line: A little evil got will much consume. Subject(s): Honesty OUR OLD FRIEND NEVERFAIL, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O it's good to ketch a relative 'at's Last Line: When he wags yer hand as honest as an old dog wags his tail! Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): Friendship; Honesty PHILOMELA: AN ODE, by ROBERT GREENE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: What is love once disgrac'd Last Line: Than lead a wanton life with shame. Variant Title(s): Chastity: An Ode Subject(s): Deception; Goddesses & Gods; Honesty; Love - Complaints; Man-woman Relationships; Mythology; Male-female Relations PHILOMELA: PHILOMELA'S ODE [THAT SHE SANG IN HER ARBOR], by ROBERT GREENE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Sitting by a river's side Last Line: No sweet love but honesty. Subject(s): Deception; Honesty; Introspection; Love; Mankind; Human Race SINCERE POET, by JACK ANDERSON Poem Source First Line: The sincere poet is obsessed with the authenticity of his feelings Last Line: He doesn't even need to be sincere Subject(s): Emotions; Honesty; Poetry And Poets; Sincerity; Suicide SONG: 60, by THOMAS WYATT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The heart and service to you proffered Last Line: Reward your servant liberally. Alternate Author Name(s): Wyat, Thomas Subject(s): Hearts; Honesty; Love; Pain; Suffering; Misery SONG: 78, by THOMAS WYATT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I am ready and ever will be Last Line: Although I have not. Alternate Author Name(s): Wyat, Thomas Subject(s): Hearts; Honesty; Love SQUATTERS AND THE REDUCTION, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Some squatters have commenced to shear Last Line: "but if you want a thorough doing - / why, just try the overflow" Subject(s): Deception;honesty;labor & Laborers;sheep;wages; Salaries TAM SAMSON'S ELEGY, by ROBERT BURNS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Has auld kilmarnock seen the deil? Last Line: Tam samson's leevin'! Subject(s): Honesty THE GOAL, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: There is one thing nobly worth while Last Line: And that is an honest soul. Subject(s): Honesty THE GOLDEN SCHLEMIEL, by IRVING FELDMAN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Subject(s): Honesty; Poverty; Conduct Of Life THE HONEST LITTLE BOY, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Once there was a little boy Last Line: Because he never tells a lie Variant Title(s): The Boy Who Never Told A Lie Subject(s): "honesty;presidents, United States;washington, George (1732-1799); THE MODELS, by ELIZABETH TURNER (1755-1846) Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: As dick and bryan were at play Last Line: Will act like dick and bryan. Subject(s): Boys; Honesty THE NIMMERS, by JOHN BYROM Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Two foot companions once in deep discourse Last Line: "will neither steal, nor fileh,but will be plaguy ""nimmers!" Subject(s): Honesty THE NOBLE LIFE, by ALICE CARY Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: True worth is in being, not seeming Last Line: Whatever his fortunes or birth. Variant Title(s): Nobility Subject(s): Honesty; Religion; Theology THE NUANCES OF MENDACITY, by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: No master in mendaciousness, no keen Last Line: "he says: ""I like a joke as well as anybody, but" Alternate Author Name(s): F. P. A. Subject(s): Honesty THE OLD VIRTUES, by WALT MASON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The old-fashioned virtues are not out of Last Line: Murmur good-bye, they show us how sportsman-like delegates die. Subject(s): Honesty TRUTH, by FREDERIC ROWLAND MARVIN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: There danger dwells where dwells not truth Last Line: The soul that knows her not is dead. Subject(s): Honesty; Truth TRUTH, by AMELIA WOODWARD TRUESDELL Poem Text First Line: A jewel hidden in the depths Last Line: Should think to know his place. Subject(s): Honesty; Truth TWO HORSES AND A DOG, by JAMES GALVIN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Without external reference Last Line: Wearing dogtags with scripture on them Subject(s): Honesty; Humility; Morality; Ethics VITAL TRUTHS, by WALT MASON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The vital truths are old and gray; they're old Last Line: Adopt; the truths which seem grotesquely new don't count, and may be dropped. Subject(s): Honesty; Truth WHAT I WANT TO SAY, by MONA VAN DUYN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: It is as simple as it can be Subject(s): Honesty |
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