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Subject: PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` AMY WENTWORTH; FOR WILLIAM BRADFORD, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: As they who watch by sick-beds find relief
Last Line: Beyond its own sweet will!
Subject(s): Portsmouth, New Hampshire


TALES OF A WAYSIDE INN: THE SECOND DAY: LADY WENTWORTH, by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: One hundred years ago, and something more
Last Line: Martha was lady wentworth of the hall!
Subject(s): Portsmouth, New Hampshire; Wentworth, Benning (1696-1770)


THE PORTSMOUTH SAILOR, by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Come back, o magical evenings
Last Line: To stories of over sea!
Alternate Author Name(s): Dean
Subject(s): Family Life; New Hampshire; Portsmouth, New Hampshire; Sailing & Sailors; Story-telling; Relatives