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Subject: LATENESS
Matches Found: 7

UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A LOVER'S ANGER, by MATTHEW PRIOR    Poem Text     Poem Explanation                 Poet's Biography
First Line: As cloe came into the room the other day
Last Line: And forgot every word I designed to have said.
Subject(s): Breasts; Desire; Lateness; Love


APOLOGY AND EXPLANATION, by JOHN SPARROW    Poem Source                    
First Line: I'm sorry I'm late
Last Line: Why must these things happen to me?
Subject(s): Lateness


LATE TER GLORY, by EMMELINE LOWE    Poem Text                    
First Line: She am late gittin' up
Last Line: Bein' late gittin' inter glory.
Subject(s): Lateness


SPANISH FOLK SONGS: 31, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Tis the gait of the mother
Last Line: At church she is late
Subject(s): Lateness


THE NEW YORK CLUBWOMAN MEDITATES ON HAMLET, by OLIVE TAIT SUTHERLAND    Poem Text                    
First Line: To be on time, or not to be; that is the question
Last Line: Thus conscience does make cowards of us all.
Subject(s): City Traffic; Clubs (associations); Lateness; New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


TOO LATE, by FITZHUGH LUDLOW    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: There sat an old man on a rock
Last Line: "had they only not come too late, -- too late!"
Subject(s): Cynicism; Lateness


WHY WAIT? DO IT NOW: 1. ON BEING LATE, by CLARENCE MAJOR    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I'm still in bed
Last Line: A red light glows under my bed
Subject(s): Lateness