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Subject: JOSEPH, SAINT (1ST CENTURY B.C.-A.D.)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A CHRISTMAS EVE CHORAL, by BLISS CARMAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Halleluja! / what sound is this across the dark
Last Line: Halleluja! Halleluja! Halleluja!
Subject(s): Christmas Carols; Jesus Christ; Joseph, Saint (1st Century B.c.-a.d.); Mary. Mother Of Jesus; Women In The Bible; Virgin Mary


COVENANTERS: JOSEPH, by RONALD STUART THOMAS    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I knew what I knew
Last Line: Who put him to the fashioning %of cross for himself
Alternate Author Name(s): Thomas, R. S.
Subject(s): Joseph, Saint (1st Century B.c.-a.d.)


JOSEPH, by JOHN HENRY NEWMAN    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: O purest symbol of the eternal son!
Last Line: Its beaming front, and bore a willing shame.
Subject(s): Joseph, Saint (1st Century B.c.-a.d.)


JOSEPH AND HIS BRETHREN, SELS., by CHARLES JEREMIAH WELLS                       
Subject(s): Joseph, Saint (1st Century B.c.-a.d.)


JOSEPH AND MARY, by JAMES ELROY FLECKER    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Mary, art thou the little maid
Last Line: Nor see his shining eyes.
Subject(s): Joseph, Saint (1st Century B.c.-a.d.); Mary. Mother Of Jesus; Women In The Bible; Virgin Mary


S. JOSEPH, by JOSEPH BEAUMONT    Poem Text                    
First Line: Forgive this wrong, brave soule, that other toungs
Last Line: Unto his throne upon ascension day.
Subject(s): Joseph, Saint (1st Century B.c.-a.d.)


SHE ASKS FOR A HOUSE, by KATHARINE TYNAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Joseph, send me a house
Last Line: Who gave me a house from the cold.
Alternate Author Name(s): Hinkson, Katharine Tynan
Subject(s): Houses; Jesus Christ; Joseph, Saint (1st Century B.c.-a.d.); Prayer


THE BALLAD OF THE SCULLION MAID, by THEODOSIA (PICKERING) GARRISON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: It was the little scullion maid
Last Line: In the inn at bethlehem.
Alternate Author Name(s): Faulks, Frederick J., Mrs.
Subject(s): Bethlehem, Palestine; Christmas; Jesus Christ; Joseph, Saint (1st Century B.c.-a.d.); Nativity, The


THE SECRET (F.P.D.), by CAROLINE GILTINAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: In bethlehem the stable was small and mean and old
Last Line: Then held him close against her breast, for little jesus smiled.
Alternate Author Name(s): Harlow, Leo P., Mrs.
Subject(s): Jesus Christ - Childhood & Youth; Jesus Christ - Legends; Joseph, Saint (1st Century B.c.-a.d.); Mary. Mother Of Jesus; Women In The Bible; Virgin Mary


THE VIGIL OF JOSEPH, by ELSA BARKER    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: After the wise men went, and the strange star
Last Line: "it loves—and serves—and cannot understand!"
Subject(s): Christmas; Joseph, Saint (1st Century B.c.-a.d.); Nativity, The


TO ST. JOSEPH, by CHARLES LEO O'DONNELL    Poem Source                    
First Line: St. Joseph, when the day was done
Subject(s): Joseph, Saint (1st Century B.c.-a.d.)