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Subject: MARINES - GREAT BRITAIN
Matches Found: 3

UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` SOLDIER AN' SAILOR TOO (THE ROYAL REGIMENT OF MARINES), by RUDYARD KIPLING    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: As I was spittin' into the ditch aboard o' the crocodile,
Last Line: Soldier an' sailor too!
Subject(s): Marines - Great Britain; Sea; Ocean


THE RED CROSS OF ENGLAND: ENTRY OF THE MARINES, by ELIZA COOK    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Old england! Thy name shall yet warrant thy fame
Last Line: Neath the red cross of england—the flag of the brave.
Subject(s): Great Britain - History; Marines - Great Britain; Sailing & Sailors; War; Waterloo; English History; Seamen; Sails; Battle Of Waterloo


THE WINDS, by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: O weary fa' the east wind
Last Line: And let my ae love be.
Subject(s): Marines - Great Britain; Nature; Wind