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Subject: MARINES - UNITED STATES
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` CAPTAIN JINKS, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: I'm captain jinks of the horse marines
Last Line: "the officers they all did shout: / 'why, kick him out of the army'"
Variant Title(s): Captain Junks (with Music)
Subject(s): Marines - United States


JEW MARINE, by FERNAND ROQUEPLAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Man, I thought I'd be a boot forever! I just
Last Line: Brace & they thought I'd been shot, too. I said a bland grace
Subject(s): Jews; Marines - United States


MARINES' HYMN, by L. Z. PHILLIPS    Poem Source                    
First Line: From the halls of montezuma
Last Line: They will find the streets are guarded %by the united states marines
Subject(s): Marines - United States; Patriotism


MARINES' HYMN [OR, SONG], by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
First Line: From the halls of montezuma
Last Line: They will find the streets are guarded by %the united states marines
Subject(s): Marines - United States; Navy - United States


THE MARINE, by THOMAS AUGUSTINE DALY    Poem Text                    
First Line: In assorted shades of green
Last Line: "will be there!"
Alternate Author Name(s): Daly, T. A.
Subject(s): Freedom; Marines - United States; Liberty


THE WHITE HOUSE, by FAIRFAX DOWNEY    Poem Text                    
First Line: Marines mount guard at the white house palace
Last Line: Says alice.
Subject(s): Marines - United States; White House (washington, D.c.)


YOU, GENOESE MARINER, by WILLIAM STANLEY MERWIN    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
Last Line: Who have been wrong as you
Alternate Author Name(s): Merwin, W. S.
Subject(s): Marines - United States; Sailors And Sailing; Seashore; Ships And Shipping