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Subject: TANNHAUSER (1200-1270)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A BALLAD OF TANNHAUSER, by JOHN DAVIDSON    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: What hardy, tattered wretch is that
Last Line: Tannhäuser and the queen of love.
Subject(s): Christianity; Courts & Courtiers; Love; Paganism & Pagans; Redemption; Rome, Italy; Shame; Tannhauser (1200-1270); Royal Court Life; Royalty; Kings; Queens


TANNHAUSER, by EMMA LAZARUS    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The landgrave hermann held a gathering
Last Line: And leaf and blossom. God is merciful.
Subject(s): Tannhauser (1200-1270)


TANNHAUSER, by NEWMAN LEVY    Poem Source                    
First Line: While strolling through the hills one day
Last Line: And died. I think it's some fool show
Subject(s): Composers; Opera; Tannhauser (1200-1270); Wagner, Richard (1813-1883)


TANNHAUSER, by WILLIAM MORTON PAYNE    Poem Text                    
First Line: Sin-satiate, and haggard with despair
Last Line: That for him too the saviour once did bleed.
Subject(s): Composers; Opera; Tannhauser (1200-1270); Wagner, Richard (1813-1883)


TANNHAUSER; OR, THE BATTLE OF THE BARDS, by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: This is the land, the happy valleys these
Last Line: The jostling tankards prodigal of wine.
Alternate Author Name(s): Meredith, Owen; Lytton, 1st Earl Of; Lytton, Robert
Subject(s): Tannhauser (1200-1270)