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Subject: SEMPACH, BATTLE OF (1386)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` ARNOLD [VON] WINKELRIED, by JAMES MONTGOMERY    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Make way for liberty!' - he cried
Last Line: Thus death made way for liberty.
Alternate Author Name(s): The Common Lot
Variant Title(s): The Patriot's Password
Subject(s): Freedom; Sempach, Battle Of (1386); Switzerland - Wars; Winkelried, Arnold Von (d. 1386); Liberty; Sempach, Switzerland


THE BATTLE OF SEMPACH, by HALB SUTER    Poem Text                    
First Line: Twas when among our linden-trees
Last Line: Where god had judged the day.
Subject(s): Sempach, Battle Of (1386); Switzerland - Wars; Winkelried, Arnold Von (d. 1386); Sempach, Switzerland


THE BATTLE OF SEMPACH, by GEORGE WALTER THORNBURY    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: In july, when the bees swarmed thick
Last Line: But where the austrian rabble fled a thunder-storm rolled black.
Variant Title(s): The Death Of Winkelried
Subject(s): Alps; Mountains; Sempach, Battle Of (1386); Switzerland - Wars; Winkelried, Arnold Von (d. 1386); Hills; Downs (great Britain); Sempach, Switzerland