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Subject: MONTAGU, JOHN, 4TH EARL OF SANDWICH
Matches Found: 5

UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` ON THE LATE ROYAL SLOOP-OF-WAR GENERAL MONK, by PHILIP FRENEAU    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: When the washington ship by the english was beat
Last Line: "all her guns should be wooden -- to suit with his head."
Subject(s): American Revolution; General Monk (ship); Montagu, John, 4th Earl Of Sandwich; Navy - United States; Sea Battles; Twitcher, Jemmy; American Navy; Naval Warfare


PAUL JONES - A NEW SONG, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: Of heroes and statesmen I'll just mention four
Last Line: "may they all fare alike, and the de'il pick the bones / of green, jemmy twitcher, lord north, and p
Subject(s): "american Revolution;jones, John Paul (1747-1792);montagu, John, 4th Earl Of Sandwich;navy - United States;north, Frederick, Lord (1732-1792);" "twitcher, Jemmy;american Navy;north, Frederick. 2d Earl Of Guilford;


THE CANDIDATE, by CHARLES CHURCHILL    Poem Text         Poet Analysis            
First Line: Enough of actors -- let them play the player
Last Line: To grace a stuart brow, she plants on thine.
Subject(s): Cambridge University; Critics & Criticism; Elections; Montagu, John, 4th Earl Of Sandwich; Yorke, Philip. 2d Earl Of Hardwicke; Voting; Voters; Suffrage; Twitcher, Jemmy


THE CANDIDATE, by THOMAS GRAY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: When sly jemmy twitcher had smugg'd up his face
Last Line: He's christian enough, that repents, and that -------.
Subject(s): Cambridge University; Elections; Montagu, John, 4th Earl Of Sandwich; Voting; Voters; Suffrage; Twitcher, Jemmy


THE EARL OF SANDWICH, by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: They called the islands by his name
Last Line: And calls them by some name of home.
Alternate Author Name(s): L. E. L.; Maclean, Letitia
Subject(s): Montagu, John, 4th Earl Of Sandwich; Twitcher, Jemmy