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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: MARATHON, GREECE Matches Found: 11 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` EUCLES ANNOUNCING THE VICTORY OF MARATHON, by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: He cometh from the purple hills Last Line: Sets in tears and blood o'er marathon. Alternate Author Name(s): L. E. L.; Maclean, Letitia Subject(s): Marathon, Greece MARATHON, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "miltiades, thy victories" Last Line: And hallowed by thy prowess lies / the field of marathon Subject(s): "marathon, Greece;miltiades, The Younger (554-523); MARATHON, by RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I could believe that under such a sky Last Line: The rampant insolence that would not be made wise. Alternate Author Name(s): Houghton, 1st Baron; Houghton, Lord Subject(s): Marathon, Greece MARATHON, by LEWIS MORRIS (1833-1907) Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: This is the very place Last Line: The sailless sea. Subject(s): Marathon, Greece MARATHON, by JAMES RYDER RANDALL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Stern marathon! The mountains view thee yet Last Line: For those who perished there—but not in vain! Subject(s): Death; Greece; Marathon, Greece; Soldiers; War; Dead, The; Greeks MARATHON, SELECTION, by CHARLOTTE FISKE BATES Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Just these two words beneath a little spray Last Line: The ruddy fruit of blood-sown marathon. Alternate Author Name(s): Roge, Mme. Subject(s): Marathon, Greece ON MILTIADES, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Miltiades! Thy valour best Last Line: Taught by thyself at marathon Subject(s): "marathon, Greece;miltiades, The Younger (554-523); PERSIAN VERSION, by ROBERT RANKE GRAVES Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Truth-loving persians do not dwell upon Last Line: Despite a strong defence and adverse weather %all arms combined magnificently together Subject(s): Marathon, Greece; Persian Wars THE BATTLE OF MARATHON, by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The war of greece with persia's haughty king Last Line: Fill all the seas, and thunder thro' the skies. Subject(s): Marathon, Greece; Persian Wars THE PERSIAN VERSION, by ROBERT RANKE GRAVES Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Truth-loving persians do not dwell upon Subject(s): Marathon, Greece; Persian Wars THE SLEEPER OF MARATHON, by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I lay upon the solemn plain Last Line: Who doth not wake in might? Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, Felicia Dorothea Subject(s): Marathon, Greece |
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