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Subject: POLTAVA, BATTLE OF (1709)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` MAZEPPA, by GEORGE GORDON BYRON    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Twas after dread pultowa's day
Last Line: The king had been an hour asleep.
Alternate Author Name(s): Byron, Lord; Byron, 6th Baron
Subject(s): Mazeppa, Ivan Stepanovich (1644-1709); Poltava, Battle Of (1709); Ukraine; Pultowa, Battle Of (179)


MAZEPPA, by VICTOR MARIE HUGO    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Ainsi, quand mazeppa, qui rugit et qui pleure
Subject(s): Mazeppa, Ivan Stepanovich (1644-1709); Poltava, Battle Of (1709); Ukraine


PULTOWA, by THOMAS CAMPBELL    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Faint in his wounds and shivering in the blast
Last Line: And charles beheld, -- nor shuddered at the sight.
Subject(s): Charles Xii, King Of Sweden (1682-1718); Poltava, Battle Of (1709); Russia; Pultowa, Battle Of (179); Soviet Union; Russians


THE BATTLE OF PULTOWA, by ROBERT SOUTHEY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: In vorska's glittering waves
Last Line: Now, patkul, may thine injured spirit rest!
Subject(s): Charles Xii, King Of Sweden (1682-1718); Poltava, Battle Of (1709); Russia; Pultowa, Battle Of (179); Soviet Union; Russians