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Subject: THACKERAY, WILLIAM MAKEPEACE (1811-1863)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` CINEMA VERITE: WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY FOLLOWS HIS BLISS, by TOM ANDREWS    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The fairfield county fair in lancaster, ohio. Shots of thackeray
Last Line: The fair comes to a halt as thackeray is lifted and carried through %the streets of lancaster
Subject(s): Thackeray, William Makepeace (1811-1863)


DRYDEN AND THACKERAY (HISTORICAL CONTRAST), by RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: When one whose nervous english verse
Last Line: Makes the pantheon where he lies.
Alternate Author Name(s): Houghton, 1st Baron; Houghton, Lord
Subject(s): Dryden, John (1631-1700); Thackeray, William Makepeace (1811-1863); Westminster Abbey


TO THACKERAY, by RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: O gentler censor of our age!
Last Line: Makes the pantheon where he lies.
Alternate Author Name(s): Houghton, 1st Baron; Houghton, Lord
Subject(s): Thackeray, William Makepeace (1811-1863); Writing & Writers


WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY, by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Ah! What a world the words bring back
Last Line: The power above, controlling all.
Alternate Author Name(s): Dobson, Austin
Subject(s): Thackeray, William Makepeace (1811-1863)