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Subject: MAXIMILIAN, EMPEROR OF MEXICO (1832-67)
Matches Found: 6

UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` HEROES DEL CINCO DE MAYO: ANDREA BELARDE, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Which man is the greatest villain?
Last Line: They brought for our destruction
Subject(s): Maximilian, Emperor Of Mexico (1832-67); Mexico - French Invasion; Napoleon Iii (1808-1873)


HEROES DEL CINCO DE MAYO: REFUJIA DIAZ, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
First Line: My friends, I give a toast
Last Line: Maximilian soon will die!
Subject(s): Maximilian, Emperor Of Mexico (1832-67); Mexico - French Invasion


HEROES DEL CINCO DE MAYO: REFUJIO DIAZ, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
First Line: That stupid maximilian
Last Line: With no more talent than an owl
Subject(s): Maximilian, Emperor Of Mexico (1832-67); Mexico - French Invasion


MAXIMILIAN, by JOHN GODFREY SAXE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Not with a craven spirit he
Last Line: "poor maximilian!"
Subject(s): Maximilian, Emperor Of Mexico (1832-67)


THE EXECUTION OF MAXIMILIAN, by ARTHUR SZE    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Muskets triggered a white smoke
Last Line: Like friends long unseen, now returned.
Subject(s): Capital Punishment; Maximilian, Emperor Of Mexico (1832-67); Hanging; Executions; Death Penalty


THE FATE OF MAXIMILIAN OF MEXICO AND HIS EMPRESS, by JANET HAMILTON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Take physic, pomp!' look on that noble brow
Last Line: Ye followed, fell, and perished in the way!
Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton, Janet Thompson
Subject(s): Maximilian, Emperor Of Mexico (1832-67); Mexico; Regicide