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Subject: ORION (MYTHOLOGY)
Matches Found: 4

UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` ABSENCE OF PRESENCE, by JEFF MOCK    Poem Source                    
First Line: One moment, orion tightens
Last Line: And orion burning out and shining on
Subject(s): Absence; Orion (mythology); Presence


ON THE DOWNS, by JOHN COWPER POWYS    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Squeeze out the cowslip-wine and let me drink
Last Line: My landscape; -- she is with me; -- I can die.
Subject(s): Death; Dreams; Drinks & Drinking; Orion (mythology); Silence; Dead, The; Nightmares; Wine


ORION, by LUCY LARCOM    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Orion, with his glittering belt and sword
Subject(s): Orion (mythology)


ORION, by REGINALD SHEPHERD    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Well, he was a hero, wasn't he? And now
Last Line: Maybe. They sing well there, I hear
Subject(s): Orion (mythology)