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Subject: LESBOS (ISLAND), GREECE
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A NIGHT IN LESBOS, by GEORGE HORTON    Poem Text                    
First Line: The moon has left the sky
Last Line: And I am here alone!
Subject(s): Lesbos (island), Greece


HERITAGE, by BLANCHE SHOEMAKER WAGSTAFF    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Lover can never still in me
Last Line: The ancient fire!
Alternate Author Name(s): Carr, Mrs. Donald
Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Lesbos (island), Greece; Love; Sappho (610-580 B.c.); Women


NIGHT OFF GALLIPOLI: 3. AN ENGLISH VOICE, by WILLIAM ALEXANDER PERCY    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I knew the stars would come
Last Line: O southward blowing wind, blow on!
Subject(s): Death; Lesbos (island), Greece; Sea; Soul; Stars; Dead, The; Ocean


SAPPHO; A MONODRAMA, by ROBERT SOUTHEY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: This is the spot: -- 'tis here tradition says
Last Line: [she throws herself from the precipice.
Subject(s): Lesbos (island), Greece; Mythology - Classical; Sappho (610-580 B.c.); Suicide