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Subject: PAESTUM, ITALY
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` I SAW THREE TEMPLES, by ROSELLE MERCIER MONTGOMERY    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I saw three temples, dead and desolate,
Last Line: And all about them blooms the flower of death!
Subject(s): Cities; Paestum, Italy; Temples; Urban Life; Mosques


VIGNETTES OVERSEAS: 6. RUINS OF PAESTUM, by SARA TEASDALE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: On lowlands where the temples lie
Last Line: The swift brown birds by day.
Alternate Author Name(s): Filsinger, Ernest B., Mrs.
Subject(s): Paestum, Italy; Ruins