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Subject: HURDY-GURDY MEN
Matches Found: 6

UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` LINES ON HEARING THE ORGAN, by CHARLES STUART CALVERLEY    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Grinder, who serenely grindest / at my door the hundreth psalm
Last Line: For encomium, as a change.
Subject(s): Organ-grinders; Hurdy-gurdy Men


MEN AND MONKEYS, by AGNES MARY F. ROBINSON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The hawthorn lane was full of flower
Last Line: Until they passed over the brow of the hill.
Alternate Author Name(s): Duclaux, Madame Emile; Darmesteter, Mary; Robinson, A. Mary F.
Subject(s): Organ-grinders; Hurdy-gurdy Men


THE BARREL-ORGAN, by ALFRED NOYES    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: There's a barrel-organ carolling across a golden street
Last Line: Come down to kew in lilac-time (it isn't far from london!)
Subject(s): Kew Gardens, London; Organ-grinders; Hurdy-gurdy Men


THE MUSIC-GRINDERS, by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: There are three ways in which men take
Last Line: A button in the hat!
Subject(s): Organ-grinders; Hurdy-gurdy Men


THE ORGAN GRINDER, by RONALD WALKER BARR    Poem Text                    
First Line: Well, pierrot, mon bon ami, we
Last Line: "in italy, to cure his cough!"
Subject(s): Organ-grinders; Hurdy-gurdy Men


THE ORGAN-BOY, by LEWIS MORRIS (1833-1907)    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Great brown eyes
Last Line: Yes, my child, that I will.
Subject(s): Boys; Organ-grinders; Hurdy-gurdy Men