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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: PHILIPPINES Matches Found: 23 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A BALLAD OF MANILA BAY, by CHARLES GEORGE DOUGLAS ROBERTS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Your threats how vain, corregidor Last Line: A hundred years ago! Subject(s): Courage; Manila, Philippines; Spanish-american War (1898); Valor; Bravery AGUINALDO (PATRIOT AND EMPIRE), by BERTRAND SHADWELL Poem Text First Line: When arms and numbers both have failed Last Line: And cry against thee unto god. Subject(s): Aguinaldo, Emilio (1869-1964); Philippines; Revolutions BALLADE OF EXPANSION, by HILDA JOHNSON Poem Text First Line: Time was he sang the british brute Last Line: The ethical expansionist! Subject(s): Imperialism; Philippines; United States; America BATTLE OF MANILA, by AMELIA JOSEPHINE BURR Poem Source First Line: Out of the deep, o lord Subject(s): Manila, Philippines BROWNOUT, by BINO A. REALUYO Poem Source First Line: At night, the light goes out Last Line: So this is how it begins: these last hours of my womb, %the conception of fear Subject(s): Philippines; Women DEWEY AND HIS MEN, by WALLACE RICE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Glistering high in the midnight sky Last Line: And the wildfire lights as dewey fights on the broad manila bay. Alternate Author Name(s): Groot, Cecil De Subject(s): Dewey, George (1837-1917); Manila, Philippines; Spanish-american War (1898) DEWEY AT MANILA [MAY 1, 1898], by ROBERT UNDERWOOD JOHNSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Twas the very verge of may Last Line: Must be wise as well as brave. Subject(s): Dewey, George (1837-1917); Manila, Philippines; Patriotism; Spanish-american War (1898) DEWEY IN MANILA BAY [MAY 1, 1898], by RICHARD VORHEES RISLEY Poem Text First Line: He took a thousand islands and he didn't lose a man Last Line: For fighting's part of what a yankee knows! Alternate Author Name(s): Risley, R. V. Subject(s): Dewey, George (1837-1917); Manila, Philippines; Patriotism; Spanish-american War (1898) IN GUISAD VALLEY, by LUISA IGLORIA Poem Source First Line: We steeled ourselves Last Line: Linking limbs %and leafy foliage Subject(s): Philippines JUST ONE SIGNAL, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: The war-path is true and straight Last Line: For the way to fight is to fight Subject(s): "manila, Philippines;patriotism;spanish-american War (1898); MANILA, by EUGENE FITCH WARE Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Oh, dewy was the morning, upon the first of may Last Line: And dewey feel discouraged? I dew not think we dew Alternate Author Name(s): Ironquill Variant Title(s): Manila Ba Subject(s): Dewey, George (1837-1917); Manila, Philippines MANILLA BAY, by ARTHUR HALE Poem Text First Line: From keel to fighting top, I love Last Line: With his head out of the port. Subject(s): Manila, Philippines; Spanish-american War (1898) MCILRATH OF MALATE, by JOHN JEROME ROONEY Poem Text First Line: Yes, yes, my boy, there's no mistake Last Line: And valor claimed her own! Subject(s): Manila, Philippines; Patriotism; Spanish-american War (1898) ON A SOLDIER FALLEN IN THE PHILIPPINES, by WILLIAM VAUGHN MOODY Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Streets of the roaring town Last Line: And sinned in the dark. Subject(s): Patriotism; Philippines; Revolutions THE BALLAD OF PACO TOWN, by CLINTON SCOLLARD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: In paco town and in paco tower Last Line: Ever and ever the victory! Subject(s): Courage; Philippines; Revolutions; Valor; Bravery THE BATTLE OF MANILA; A FRAGMENT, by RICHARD HOVEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: By cavite on the bay Last Line: Will keep and hold the sea! Subject(s): Manila, Philippines; Navy - United States; Spanish-american War (1898); War; American Navy THE CAPTIVE SHIPS AT MANILA, by DOROTHY PAUL Poem Text First Line: Our keels are furred with tropic weed Last Line: Out again to the blue! Subject(s): Manila, Philippines; World War I; First World War THE DEED OF LIEUTENANT MILES [FEBRUARY 5, 1899], by CLINTON SCOLLARD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: When you speak of dauntless deeds Last Line: And his valiant volunteers! Variant Title(s): Ballad Of Lieutenant Miles Subject(s): Heroism; Miles, W. G.; Philippines; Revolutions; Heroes; Heroines THE FIGHT AT DAJO, by ALFRED E. WOOD Poem Text First Line: There are twenty dead who'er sleeping near Last Line: Army's fame. Subject(s): Philippines; Revolutions THE ISLANDS OF THE SEA, by GEORGE EDWARD WOODBERRY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: God is shaping the great future of the island Last Line: Whose dread commands o'er awe-struck lands are borne on eagle's wings. Subject(s): Philippines THE QUARRY, by WILLIAM VAUGHN MOODY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Between the rice swamps and the fields of tea Last Line: They settled to the slot and disappeared. Subject(s): Eden; Elephants; Love; Philippines; Religion; Theology THE SALUTE OF THE 'IMMORTALITE', by AMELIA WOODWARD TRUESDELL Poem Text First Line: The coming dawn flung out her pennants grey Last Line: Till anglo-saxon peace shall lead the world. Subject(s): Battleships; Manila, Philippines; Navy - Great Britain; Soldiers; Spanish-american War (1898); English Navy TYPHOON IN MANILA, by JUDY BLAESKE Poem Source First Line: Dawn is dark - deep clouds hide the sun Subject(s): Manila, Philippines; Typhoons |
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