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Subject: TERESA OF JESUS, SAINT
Matches Found: 8

UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A HYMN [TO THE NAME AND] IN HONOR OF SAINT TERESA, by RICHARD CRASHAW    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Love, thou art absolute sole lord
Last Line: Must learn in life to die like thee.
Variant Title(s): In Memory Of The Vertuous And Learned ... Early Martyrdom
Subject(s): Nuns; Teresa, Saint (1515-1582); Teresa Of Jesus, Saint; Teresa Of Avila, Saint; Theresa, Saint


APOLOGIE FOR THE HYMNE IN MEMORY OF LADY MADRE DE TERESA (2), by RICHARD CRASHAW    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Thus have I back again to thy bright name
Last Line: May drink it self up, and forget to dy.
Variant Title(s): An Apologie For The Fore-goving Hymne
Subject(s): Teresa, Saint (1515-1582); Teresa Of Jesus, Saint; Teresa Of Avila, Saint; Theresa, Saint


BREAKDANCING, by JORIE GRAHAM    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Staying alive the boy on the screen is doing it
Subject(s): Dancing & Dancers; Religion; Teresa, Saint (1515-1582); Theology; Teresa Of Jesus, Saint; Teresa Of Avila, Saint; Theresa, Saint


METAMORPHOSES: 14. TIRESIAS (SAINT TERESA), by WAYNE KOESTENBAUM            Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I tripped on the phone cord. We want our
Subject(s): Teresa, Saint (1515-1582); Teresa Of Jesus, Saint; Teresa Of Avila, Saint; Theresa, Saint


SAINTE CHAPELLE, by NELLIE HURLBURT WHITNEY    Poem Text                    
First Line: Sainte chapelle holds a garden within its walls
Last Line: Only the windows remain divinely splendid.
Subject(s): Saints; Teresa, Saint (1515-1582); Teresa Of Jesus, Saint; Teresa Of Avila, Saint; Theresa, Saint


ST. THERESA AND THE CHILD, by JOHN BANISTER TABB    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Who art thou, son?' the little stranger smiled
Last Line: "he -- radiant -- ""jesus of theresa I."
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Teresa, Saint (1515-1582); Teresa Of Jesus, Saint; Teresa Of Avila, Saint; Theresa, Saint


TERESA, by RICHARD WILBUR    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: After the sun's eclipse
Last Line: The tempered consonants of discipline
Subject(s): Christianity; Religion; Teresa, Saint (1515-1582); Theology; Teresa Of Jesus, Saint; Teresa Of Avila, Saint; Theresa, Saint


THE FLAMING HEART, by RICHARD CRASHAW    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Well meaning readers, you that come as friends
Last Line: Unto all life of mine may dy.
Subject(s): Nuns; Teresa, Saint (1515-1582); Teresa Of Jesus, Saint; Teresa Of Avila, Saint; Theresa, Saint