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Subject: SHIRLEY, JAMES (1596-1666)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` ON MR. SHIRLEY'S POEMS, by THOMAS STANLEY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: When, dearest friend, thy verse doth re-inspire
Last Line: And poetry by this increase grow less.
Subject(s): Poetry & Poets; Shirley, James (1596-1666)


SONNETS ON ENGLISH DRAMATIC POETS: 14. JAMES SHIRLEY, by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The dusk of day's decline was hard on dark
Last Line: And reeled on slippery roads of alien art.
Subject(s): Shirley, James (1596-1666)


TO MASTER JAMES SHIRLEY ON HIS GRATEFUL SERVANT, by THOMAS RANDOLPH    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I cannot fulminate or tonitruate words
Last Line: A friend as grateful as his servant was.
Subject(s): Shirley, James (1596-1666)