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Subject: MONMOUTH, BATTLE OF (1778)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` AT TENNENT CHURCH, by CLINTON SCOLLARD    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: As on the summer sabbath that saw the roll
Last Line: This spot is hallowed ground.
Subject(s): Churches; Monmouth, Battle Of (1778); Cathedrals


MOLLY MAGUIRE AT MONMOUTH, by WILLIAM COLLINS (1875-)    Poem Text                    
First Line: On the bloody field of monmouth
Last Line: Stands beside her smoking gun.
Subject(s): Monmouth, Battle Of (1778); Patriotism


MOLLY PITCHER [JUNE 28, 1778], by LAURA ELIZABETH HOWE RICHARDS    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: All day the great guns barked and roared
Last Line: To hold the name of molly pitcher.
Alternate Author Name(s): Richards, Laura E.
Subject(s): American Revolution; Monmouth, Battle Of (1778); Pitcher, Molly (1754-1832); Mcguire, Molly; Mccauley, Mary Ludwig Hays


MOLLY PITCHER [JUNE 28, 1778], by KATE BROWNLEE SHERWOOD    Poem Text                    
First Line: Twas hurry and scurry at monmouth town
Last Line: And the army was wild with cheers.
Subject(s): American Revolution; Monmouth, Battle Of (1778); Pitcher, Molly (1754-1832); Mcguire, Molly; Mccauley, Mary Ludwig Hays


THE BATTLE OF MONMOUTH, by THOMAS DUNN ENGLISH    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Four and eighty years are o'er me
Last Line: Is their monument to-day, and for aye.
Subject(s): American Revolution; Monmouth, Battle Of (1778)


THE BATTLE OF MONMOUTH, by R. H.    Poem Text                    
First Line: Whilst in peaceful quarters lying
Last Line: Welcome mirth, and fear farewell.
Subject(s): American Revolution; Monmouth, Battle Of (1778)


THE BATTLE OF MONMOUTH, by SARA KING WILEY    Poem Text                    
First Line: In the grasses the cob-webs were lying
Last Line: They had vanished -- and monmouth was won!
Alternate Author Name(s): Drummond, Sarah King Wiley
Subject(s): American Revolution; Monmouth, Battle Of (1778)


THE SPUR OF MONMOUTH, by HENRY MORFORD    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Twas a little brass half-circlet
Last Line: My have clasped george washington's heel.
Subject(s): Monmouth, Battle Of (1778)