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Subject: SHIPS - ABANDONING OF
Matches Found: 7

UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A DREAM, by MARY ENOLA RUDOLPH    Poem Text                    
First Line: Last night I dreamed of mystic isles
Last Line: Of a loneliness for something lost.
Subject(s): Dreams; Ships - Abandoning Of; Solitude; Nightmares; Loneliness


ABANDONED SHIP, by BRIAN HENRY    Poem Source                    
First Line: Nevertheless, the boat is on the rocks
Last Line: Stagnant, like the water. Like the water
Subject(s): Ships - Abandoning Of


SYROS, by TOMAS TRANSTROMER    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: In syros' harbor leftover cargo steamers lay waiting
Subject(s): Ships - Abandoning Of; Syros Island, Greece


SYROS, by TOMAS TRANSTROMER    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: In syros' harbor abandoned merchant ships lay idle
Last Line: What a powerful fleet, what splendid connections
Subject(s): Ships - Abandoning Of; Syros Island, Greece


THE OLD SHIP-YARD, by EDWARD NOYES POMEROY    Poem Text                    
First Line: The ship-yard that I knew so well
Last Line: The voiceless yard, the vacant stream.
Subject(s): Memory; Pilgrimages & Pilgrims; Ships - Abandoning Of


THE PHANTOM LINER, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: The fog lay deep on georges bank
Last Line: Into the fog again
Subject(s): Fog;seashore;ships - Abandoning Of;tides;waves; Haze;beach;coast;shore


THE PHANTOM SHIP, by VICTOR GUSTAVE PLARR    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Sometimes, when dawn breaks cold and grim
Last Line: Round the pure seas pursuing us!'
Subject(s): Ghosts; Ships - Abandoning Of; Supernatural