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Subject: PELAYO. FIRST CHRISTIAN KING (D. 737)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` PARAGUAYAN WOMAN, by IGNACIO ALBERTO PANE    Poem Source                    
First Line: She was born like the sweetest warbling of the little
Last Line: And the blood of pelayo gave glory!
Subject(s): Beauty; Paraguay; Pelayo. First Christian King (d. 737); Women


SPAIN IN AMERICA, by GEORGE SANTAYANA    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: When scarce the echoes of manila bay
Last Line: "thou who wouldst teach us hope, with her who taught us prayer."
Subject(s): Imperialism; Pelayo. First Christian King (d. 737); Santiago, Battle Of (1898); Spanish-american War (1898)


THE AGE OF BRONZE, by GEORGE GORDON BYRON    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The 'good old times' - all times when old age good
Last Line: This first, you'll have, perhaps, a second 'carmen.'
Alternate Author Name(s): Byron, Lord; Byron, 6th Baron
Subject(s): Great Britain - Foreign Relations; Napoleon I (1769-1821); Pelayo. First Christian King (d. 737)


THE SURRENDER OF SPAIN, by JOHN MILTON HAY    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Land of unconquered pelayo! Land of the cid campeador
Last Line: King over men who have learned all that it costs to be free.
Subject(s): Pelayo. First Christian King (d. 737); Spanish-american War (1898)