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Subject: LAMPREYS
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` HALIEUTICA [HALIEUTICKS]: THE LAMPREYS, by OPPIAN OF CILICIA    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The lamprey, glowing with uncommon fires
Last Line: And, where he lost his arms, despairing dies
Alternate Author Name(s): Oppian
Subject(s): Lampreys


LESSER EPISTLES: TO A YOUNG LADY WITH SOME LAMPREYS, by JOHN GAY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: With lovers 'twas of old the fashion / by presents to convey their passion
Last Line: Than could whole seas of craw-fish soupe.
Subject(s): Gifts & Giving; Lampreys; Love; Mnemonics


RABELAIS AND THE LAMPREYS, by HORACE SMITH    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: When the eccentric rabelais was physician
Last Line: "but one of most delicious flavour!"
Alternate Author Name(s): Smith, Horatio
Variant Title(s): The Doctor And The Lampreys
Subject(s): Food & Eating; Lampreys; Physicians; Doctors