Poetry Explorer

Search Classic and Contemporary Poetry

Search Results

Back to search

Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!


Searching...
Subject: SEWALL, SAMUEL (1652-1730)
Matches Found: 6

UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` NEW WORLD: SAMUEL SEWALL, by GEOFF SCHMIDT    Poem Source                    
First Line: God is teaching me a new lesson
Last Line: ... To be sought by prayer ...
Subject(s): Religion; Sewall, Samuel (1652-1730)


SAMUEL E. SEWALL (INSCRIPTION FOR A BUST), by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Like that ancestral judge who bore his name
Last Line: The unselfish worker in his work is his.
Subject(s): Sewall, Samuel (1652-1730); Whitney, Anne (1821-1915)


SAMUEL SEWALL, by ANTHONY HECHT    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Samuel sewall, in a world of wigs
Subject(s): Sewall, Samuel (1652-1730)


SAMUEL SEWALL, by ANTHONY HECHT    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Samuel sewall, in a world of wigs
Last Line: Madam, your humble servant, samuel sewall
Subject(s): Sewall, Samuel (1652-1730)


THE PROPHECY OF SAMUEL SEWALL, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Up and down the village streets
Last Line: The precious seed by the fathers sown!
Subject(s): Newbury, Massachusetts; Puritans; Sewall, Samuel (1652-1730); Witchcraft & Witches


THE RAINBOW, by DAVID BAKER    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: If things were worse, this cursed rain
Subject(s): Sewall, Samuel (1652-1730); Religion; Weather; Theology