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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: POTOMAC RIVER Matches Found: 10 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` ALL QUIET ALONG THE POTOMAC TONIGHT (WITH MUSIC), by LAMAR FONTAINE Poem Source Subject(s): American Civil War; Potomac River; Rivers; U.s. - History BY BROAD POTOMAC'S SHORE, by WALT WHITMAN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: By broad potomac's shore, again old tongue Last Line: O deathless grass, of you! Subject(s): Potomac River; Rivers BY THE POTOMAC, by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The soft new grass is creeping o'er the graves Last Line: And all our heavy heritage of grief. Variant Title(s): Accomplices Subject(s): American Civil War; Potomac River; Rivers; United States - History EVENING ON THE POTOMAC, by RICHARD HOVEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The fervid breath of our flushed southern may Last Line: And in the darkening thickets plunge again. Subject(s): Potomac River; Rivers POTOMAC, by KARL SHAPIRO Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The thin potomac scarcely moves Last Line: The money fade like leaves from green to brown, %and embassies dissolve to molecules Subject(s): Potomac River; Rivers; Washington, D.c. POTOMAC PHOTOGRAPH, by KIM THERESA ADDONIZIO Poem Source First Line: That afternoon, %just hours before your plane Last Line: Continuous motion is her hand, waving, %waving Subject(s): Graves; Grief; Potomac River; Rivers THE PICKET-GUARD [NOVEMBER, 1861], by ETHEL LYNN BEERS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: All quiet along the potomac,' they say Last Line: The picket's off duty forever. Alternate Author Name(s): Eliot, Ethelinda; Lynn, Ethel Variant Title(s): All Quiet Along The Potomac Subject(s): American Civil War; Patriotism; Potomac River; Rivers; United States - History THE POTOMAC, by KARL SHAPIRO Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The thin potomac scarcely moves Subject(s): Potomac River; Rivers; Washington, D.c. THE WASHERS OF THE SHROUD; OCTOBER, 1861, by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Along a river-side, I know not where Last Line: While waking I recalled my wandering brain. Subject(s): American Civil War; Potomac River; Rivers; United States - History THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT, by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Have you seen, by potomac, that shaft in the skies Last Line: The noble, the peerless, the many in one! Alternate Author Name(s): Dean Subject(s): Freedom; Potomac River; Rivers; Washington Monument; Washington, D.c.; Liberty |
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