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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: HOURGLASSES Matches Found: 10 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` "MAN'S LIFE; AN INSCRIPTION IN OSMINGTON CHURCH, DORSET", by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Man is a glas: life is / a water that's weakly Last Line: The water out / finis Subject(s): Death;hourglasses; "dead, The; DIVINE POEMS: ON AN HOUR-GLASS, by JOHN HALL (1627-1656) Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: My life is measur'd by this glass, this glass Last Line: How art thou nothing, when th' art most of all! Alternate Author Name(s): Hall Of Durham, John Subject(s): Hourglasses; Love; Religion; Time; Theology EPIGRAM ON AN HOUR-GLASS, by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The truest hour-glass lies; for, you'll confess Last Line: All holes grow bigger, and the sand grows less. Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, William Of Tavistock Subject(s): Hourglasses HOUR-GLASS, by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O think, fair maid! These sands that pass Subject(s): Hourglasses TESTAMENT, by HAYDEN CARRUTH Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: So often it has been displayed to us, the hourglass Last Line: On the mountain of my love below. Subject(s): Hourglasses; Legacies; Love; Time THE HOUR-GLASS, by BEN JONSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Do but consider this small dust, here running in the glass Last Line: Even ashes of lovers find no rest. Variant Title(s): On A Lover's Dust, Made Sand For An Hour-glass Subject(s): Hourglasses; Love; Time THE HOURE-GLASSE, by ROBERT HERRICK Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: That houre-glasse, which there ye see Last Line: Do restless run when they are dead. Subject(s): Hourglasses THE HOURS, by JOHN DRINKWATER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Those hours are best when suddenly Last Line: To the lucidity of song. Subject(s): Hourglasses; Time THE WIDOW TO HER HOUR-GLASS, by ROBERT BLOOMFIELD Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Come, friend, I'll turn thee up again Last Line: "I'll turn thee up again." Subject(s): Hourglasses; Widows & Widowers TO AN HOUR-GLASS, by JOHN CLARE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Old-fashioned uncouth measurer of the day Last Line: As every drained glass leaves me nearer home. Subject(s): Hourglasses |
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