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Subject: SARDANAPALUS (7TH CENTURY B.C.)
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SARDANAPALUS, by HENRY HOWARD    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The assyrian king - in peace, with foul desire
Last Line: Murdered himself, to show some manful deed.
Alternate Author Name(s): Surrey, Earl Of
Subject(s): Henry Viii, King Of England (1491-1547); Mythology - Classical; Sardanapalus (7th Century B.c.); Suicide


SARDANAPALUS; A TRAGEDY, by GEORGE GORDON BYRON    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: He hath wronged his queen, but he is her lord
Last Line: Tis fired! I come
Alternate Author Name(s): Byron, Lord; Byron, 6th Baron
Subject(s): Assyria; Sardanapalus (7th Century B.c.); Suicide; Sybarites


THE TOMB OF SARDANAPALUS, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: "assured that you are doomed to die, do as your passions crave"
Last Line: But of my rich possessions no penny could I save
Subject(s): Death;sardanapalus (7th Century B.c.); "dead, The;