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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: SAMSON Matches Found: 17 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` AMONG PHILISTINES, by ROBERT SAMUEL GWYNN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The night before they meant to pluck his eyes Alternate Author Name(s): Gwynn, R. S. Subject(s): Capital Punishment; Samson; Hanging; Executions; Death Penalty AMONG PHILISTINES, by ROBERT SAMUEL GWYNN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The night before they meant to pluck his eyes Last Line: As searing, the twin picks hissed in his eyes Alternate Author Name(s): Gwynn, R. S. Subject(s): Capital Punishment; Samson DELILAH, by CAROL ANN DUFFY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Teach me, he said Subject(s): Samson; Delilah (bible) DELILAH, by EDGAR LEE MASTERS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Because thou wast most delicate Last Line: A woman fair to look upon. Subject(s): Delilah (bible); Samson; Women In The Bible LOVE IS STRONG, by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A viewless thing is the wind Last Line: For she conquers shame and death. Subject(s): Death; Love; Samson; Shame; Wind; Dead, The LOVE LETTER, by CAROLE CLEMMONS GREGORY Poem Source First Line: Dear samson %I put your hair Last Line: Love - delilah Subject(s): African Americans - Women; Delilah (bible); Samson; Women; Women In The Bible METAMORPHOSES: 13. CUPID (SAMSON), by WAYNE KOESTENBAUM Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I will give a party in arizona, five hundred bucks a head Subject(s): Samson METAMORPHOSES: 13. CUPID (SAMSON), by WAYNE KOESTENBAUM Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I will give a party in arizona, five hundred bucks a head Last Line: I bided my time in the fishbelly incinerator Subject(s): Samson SAMSON, by CECIL FRANCES ALEXANDER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Bring the captive from the prison Alternate Author Name(s): Humprheys, Cecil Frances; Alexander, C. F., Mrs. Subject(s): Samson SAMSON, by WILLIAM BLAKE Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Samson, the strongest of the children of men Last Line: Secret; but, if thou wilt, offer an offering unto the lord Subject(s): Bible; Mythology; Samson SAMSON, by JOHN MILTON Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O wherefore was my birth from heaven foretold Last Line: Himself in bonds under philistine yoke Subject(s): Bible; Jews; Samson; Strength SAMSON, by FREDERICK GEORGE SCOTT Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Plunged in night, I sit alone Last Line: By its greatness out of joint. Alternate Author Name(s): Scott, F. G. Subject(s): Samson SAMSON AGONISTES, by JOHN MILTON Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A little onward lend thy guiding hand Last Line: And calm of mind all passion spent. Subject(s): Courage; Freedom; Religion; Samson; Valor; Bravery; Liberty; Theology SAMSON AGONISTES, by OGDEN NASH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I test my bath before I sit Last Line: Is so frigid upon the fundament Subject(s): Samson SAMSON PREDICTS FROM GAZA THE PHILADELPHIA FIRE, by LUCILLE CLIFTON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: It will be your hair Last Line: If you do not they will Subject(s): African Americans; Fire; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Samson; Survival; Negroes; American Blacks THE WARNING, by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Beware! The israelite of old, who tore Last Line: A shapeless mass of wreck and rubbish lies. Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Samson; Theology THE WIND IS BLIND, by ALICE MEYNELL Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: From those blind uses of the slave Alternate Author Name(s): Meynell, Wilfrid, Mrs.; Thompson, Alice Christina Subject(s): Samson; Blindness |
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