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Subject: JOHN THE APOSTLE, SAINT (1ST CENTURY)
Matches Found: 3

UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` S. JOHN: THE DISCIPLE, WHOM JESUS LOVED, by JOSEPH BEAUMONT    Poem Text                    
First Line: Belov'd indeed: not that thine onely heart
Last Line: Those flames the phenix lived, must it dy.
Subject(s): Jesus Christ; John The Apostle, Saint (1st Century)


SAINT JOHN, by KENNETH REXROTH    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: He loved you and you lay upon his breast
Last Line: Kept thee for very love on calvary
Subject(s): Calvary; Catholics; Crucifixion; Jesus Christ; John The Apostle, Saint (1st Century); Martyrs


ST. JOHN, APOSTLE, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Earth cannot bar flame from ascending
Last Line: That we in thee may abide together.
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina
Subject(s): John The Apostle, Saint (1st Century)