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Subject: SPECTACLES
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` GLASSES, by JOHN UPDIKE    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I wear them. They help me. But I
Last Line: From tabletops, and women frown
Subject(s): Eyeglasses; Spectacles


MOTHER'S GLASSES, by EDGAR ALBERT GUEST    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I've told about the times that ma can't find her pocketbook
Last Line: Are the ones who have no mother dear to lose her reading glasses.
Alternate Author Name(s): Guest, Eddie
Subject(s): Eyeglasses; Mothers; Spectacles


REVOLT, by KENNETH REXROTH    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Outside of the movies
Last Line: London anachist group
Subject(s): Eyeglasses; Spectacles


SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: DIPPOLD THE OPTICIAN, by EDGAR LEE MASTERS    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: What do you see now?
Last Line: Very well, we'll make the glasses accordingly.
Subject(s): Eyeglasses; Sight; Spectacles