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Subject: NELSON, HORATIO, VISCOUNT (1758-1805)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` 1805, by ROBERT RANKE GRAVES    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: At viscount nelson's lavish funeral
Last Line: By his unservicelike, familiar ways, sir, %he made the whole fleet love him, damn his eyes!
Subject(s): Nelson, Horatio, Viscount (1758-1805)


A BALLAD OF THE GOOD LORD NELSON, by LAWRENCE DURRELL    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The good lord nelson had a swollen gland
Subject(s): Nelson, Horatio, Viscount (1758-1805)


ADMIRALS ALL, by HENRY JOHN NEWBOLT    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Effingham, grenville, raleigh, drake
Last Line: To nelson's peerless name!
Subject(s): Navy - Great Britain; Nelson, Horatio, Viscount (1758-1805); Sea; English Navy; Ocean


BALLAD OF THE GOOD LORD NELSON, by LAWRENCE DURRELL    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The good lord nelson had a swollen gland
Last Line: And many more heroes on the bay of biscay %aboard the victory, victory o
Subject(s): Nelson, Horatio, Viscount (1758-1805)


BATTLE OF THE BALTIC, by THOMAS CAMPBELL    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Of nelson and the north / sing the glorious day's reknown
Last Line: Of the brave!
Variant Title(s): The Battle Of Copenhagen
Subject(s): Baltic Sea; Napoleon I (1769-1821); Nelson, Horatio, Viscount (1758-1805); Sea Battles; War; Naval Warfare


DEATH OF LORD NELSON, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Come all you gallant seamen as unites a meeting
Subject(s): Nelson, Horatio, Viscount (1758-1805)


DEATH OF NELSON, by ADAM LINDSAY GORDON    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Twas midst the battle's echoing din
Subject(s): Nelson, Horatio, Viscount (1758-1805)


ENGLAND'S HONOUR (CONTINUED). ENFORCED WAR, by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: What! Shall the wharf and warehouse block our view
Last Line: Was forced upon us, - yea, we fought for life!
Subject(s): Nelson, Horatio, Viscount (1758-1805)


FOR A TRAFALGAR CENOTAPH, by HENRY JOHN NEWBOLT    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Lover of england, stand awhile and gaze
Last Line: Who served with nelson and with nelson died.
Subject(s): Nelson, Horatio, Viscount (1758-1805)


NELSON AND WELLINGTON, by JOHN STUART BLACKIE    Poem Text     Poem Explanation                 Poet's Biography
First Line: I will sing of england's glory
Subject(s): Nelson, Horatio, Viscount (1758-1805); Wellesley, Arthur (1769-1852); Wellington, Duke Of


NELSON'S VICTORY AT TRAFALGAR, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
First Line: We got ready for the battle
Subject(s): Nelson, Horatio, Viscount (1758-1805); Nova Scotia; Trafalgar, Battle Of


ON THE SINKING OF THE VICTORIA, by THOMAS EDWARD BROWN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Has nelson heard?'
Last Line: "o, nobly died! O glorious englishmen!"
Alternate Author Name(s): Brown, T. E.
Subject(s): Nelson, Horatio, Viscount (1758-1805); Sea Battles; Naval Warfare


TABLEAUX VIVANTS; NAPLES, 1790, by ELAINE TERRANOVA    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Emma hart looks out into the glare
Last Line: They must prepare for an era of disaster.
Subject(s): Hamilton, Lady Emma (1765-1815); Nelson, Horatio, Viscount (1758-1805); Revolutions


THE DEATH OF NELSON, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: Come all gallant seamen that unite a meeting
Last Line: "may rest in the fleet with you, lord collingwood"
Subject(s): "nelson, Horatio, Viscount (1758-1805);


TO THE SACRED MEMORY OF LORD NELSON, by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: While british hearts with noble ardour glow
Last Line: His name shall live in virtue's fair renown.
Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, Felicia Dorothea
Subject(s): Nelson, Horatio, Viscount (1758-1805)


TRAFALGAR, by FRANCIS TURNER PALGRAVE    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Heard ye the thunder of battle
Subject(s): Nelson, Horatio, Viscount (1758-1805); Trafalgar, Battle Of


TRAFALGAR SQUARE, by ROBERT SEYMOUR BRIDGES    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Fool that I was! My heart was sore
Last Line: Sailing the sky with one arm and one eye.
Alternate Author Name(s): Bridges, Robert+(2)
Subject(s): Nelson, Horatio, Viscount (1758-1805); Trafalgar Square, London; World War I - Casualties


TRAFALGAR SQUARE, by ALFRED LESLIE ROWSE    Poem Source         Poet Analysis            
First Line: Behold this quarry of human history
Last Line: Was at trafalgar? What would nelson reply? %turn a blind eye to the wheeling sky?
Subject(s): Nelson, Horatio, Viscount (1758-1805); Trafalgar Square, London


VERSES IN MEMORY OF LORD NELSON, NEWCASTLE POTTERY, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Remember whist his mortal part has rest
Last Line: Behold! 'tis done, his parting spirit flew, %and lightning rests, brave collingwood, with you
Subject(s): Nelson, Horatio, Viscount (1758-1805)


WHAT SAID THE LITTLE ADMIRAL?, by WILLIAM ROSE BENET    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Says he, 'I'll get my full gazette this day, or there will be
Last Line: And his fame in the name of the fight off afrikay!
Subject(s): Nelson, Horatio, Viscount (1758-1805)