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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: SELF-CONTROL Matches Found: 12 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` COASTING TOWARD MIDNIGHT AT THE SOUTHEASTERN FAIR, by DAVID BOTTOMS Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: Stomach in my throat Last Line: And hurl them out among the stars. Subject(s): Atlanta, Georgia; Festivals; Self-control; Southern States; Fairs; Pageants; South (u.s.) ECHOES: 4. INVICTUS, by WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Out of the night that covers me Last Line: I am the captain of my soul. Alternate Author Name(s): Henley, W. E. Variant Title(s): R. T. Hamilton Bruce;to R. T. H. B. ...;unconquered;urbs Fortitudinis;invictus;in Memoriam: R.t. Hamilton Bruce Subject(s): Bruce, R. T. Hamilton (1846-1899); Consolation; Courage; Hope; Independence; Life Change Events; Pain; Self-control; Self-reliance; Soldiers; Strength; Valor; Bravery; Optimism; Suffering; Misery IF, by RUDYARD KIPLING Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: If you can keep your head when all about you Last Line: And -- which is more -- you'll be a man, my son! Subject(s): Fortitude; Human Behavior; Leadership; Maturity; Self-control; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature IF YOU CAN KEEP YOUR HEAD WHEN ALL ABOUT YOU, by EDWARD JAMES MORTIMER COLLINS Poem Source Poet's Biography Alternate Author Name(s): Collins, Mortimer Subject(s): Kipling, Rudyard (1865-1936); Self-control MAKING BELIEVE, by RUTH A. HARTZELL Poem Text First Line: Sometimes it's hard to cover up Last Line: It's the best thing to do. Subject(s): Self-control ODE UPON LIBERTY: 1, by ABRAHAM COWLEY Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Where honor or where conscience does Last Line: Does, like an unthrift, mortgage his estate %before it falls into his hand Variant Title(s): Libert Subject(s): Self-control SELF CONTROL, by LEVI BISHOP Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A worthy triumph; one that shines afar Last Line: Its rule assert, sublime in self-control. Subject(s): Life; Self-control; Virtue SELF-CONGRATULATION, by ANNE BRONTE Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Ellen, you were thoughtless once Last Line: The bitter burning woe! Alternate Author Name(s): Bell, Acton Subject(s): Desire; Self-control SELF-CONTROL, by JAMES LAUGHLIN Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When questioned by reporters Subject(s): Self-control SELF-CONTROL, by UNKNOWN+172 Poem Source First Line: Befo' you says dat ugly word Last Line: Dat donkey cain't count ten Subject(s): African Americans - Song And Music; Black Songs; Self-control THE GREAT DIGEST OF CONFUCIUS, by EZRA POUND Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The great learning (adult study, grinding corn in the head's mortatr to fit it Last Line: "happen. ""take not cliff for morass and treacherous bramble." Subject(s): Confucius And Confucianism; Discipline; Education; Order; Self-control THE MOUNTAIN IS STRIPPED, by DAVID IGNATOW Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I no longer have to declare myself Last Line: The mountain is stripped Subject(s): Justice; Self-control; God |
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