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Subject: THISTLES
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` RADIAL WHEELS OF THE SEASON SPIKED WITH KNIVES, by CHARLES TOMLINSON    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
Last Line: That autumn has now invaded with this crop
Subject(s): Autumn; Riddles; Seasons; Thistles


SONG OF THE THISTLEDRIFT, by RAY CLARKE ROSE    Poem Text                    
First Line: Gay is my heart as
Last Line: Beautiful mold me.
Subject(s): Happiness; Nature; Thistles; Joy; Delight


STUBBORN AS A YEAR AGO, by MINNIE BRUCE PRATT    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I have thistles in my house in a blue bottle
Last Line: Thistledown in the air was your hair, my breath
Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Thistles; Aging


THE THISTLE, by ALEXANDER MACLAGGAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Hurrah for the thistle! The brave scottish thistle
Last Line: The strong-bearded, weel-guarded thistle for me!
Subject(s): Thistles


THE THISTLE FLOWER, by ALICE CARY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: My homely flower that blooms along
Last Line: Unenvied, we will live and die.
Subject(s): Thistles


THE THISTLE; A LEGENDARY BALLAD, by GEORGE MURRAY (1830-1910)    Poem Text                    
First Line: Twas midnight! Darkness, like the gloom of some funereal pall
Last Line: Hath scotland's honour tarnished been—god grant it ne'er may be!
Subject(s): France; Night; Scotland; Thistles; War; Bedtime


THISTLE, by LUCILA GODOY ALCAYAGA    Poem Source                    
First Line: Once upon a time a lily in a garden- a rich man's
Last Line: Remained without knowing christ
Subject(s): Flowers; Gardens And Gardening; Thistles


THISTLE, by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: They should have called the thistle
Last Line: For the honey only. And so -- a thistle.
Subject(s): Thistles


THISTLE-DOWN, by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Thistle-down is a woman's love
Last Line: Thistle-down with the wind at play.
Alternate Author Name(s): Chandler, Ellen Louise
Subject(s): Love; Thistles


THISTLES, by EDWARD JAMES HUGHES    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Against the rubber tongues of cows and the hoeing hands of men
Alternate Author Name(s): Hughes, Ted
Subject(s): Thistles


THISTLES, by EDWARD JAMES HUGHES    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Against the rubber tongues of cows and the hoeing hands of men
Last Line: Stiff with weapons, fighting back over the same ground
Alternate Author Name(s): Hughes, Ted
Subject(s): Thistles


WORCESTERSHIRE RHYME, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Cut thistles in may
Last Line: Cut them in july, %then they will die
Subject(s): Thistles