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Subject: TRANSFIGURATION
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` BEYOND THE IMAGE, by HENRIQUETA LISBOA    Poem Source                    
First Line: Beyond the image: plot of what is unutterable
Last Line: A rememberance that was forgetfulness trembles into being
Subject(s): Transfiguration


CATHEDRAL, by JAN LEE ANDE    Poem Source                    
First Line: Down the cobbled walkway that leads to the sea
Last Line: And above it all the cerulean blue vault of the sky
Subject(s): Soul; Transfiguration


METAMOPHOSES: PYGMALION AND THE STATUE, by PUBLIUS OVIDIUS NASO    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Pygmalion loathing their lascivious life
Last Line: The city paphos, from the founder call'd.
Alternate Author Name(s): Ovid
Subject(s): Love; Mythology; Ovid (43 B.c.-17 A.d.); Pygmalion; Statues; Transfiguration; Translating & Interpreting


METAMORPHOSES: BOOK 1, by PUBLIUS OVIDIUS NASO    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Of bodies changed to various forms I sing
Last Line: And saw the palace by the purple light.
Alternate Author Name(s): Ovid
Subject(s): Creation; Goddesses & Gods; Mankind; Mythology; Ovid (43 B.c.-17 A.d.); Transfiguration; Translating & Interpreting; Human Race


METAMORPHOSES: BOOK 11. AESACUS TRANSFORMED INTO A CORMORANT, by PUBLIUS OVIDIUS NASO    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: These some old man sees wanton in the air
Last Line: From frequent diving and emerging came.
Alternate Author Name(s): Ovid
Subject(s): Birds; Cormorants; Mythology; Ovid (43 B.c.-17 A.d.); Transfiguration; Translating & Interpreting


ODES II, 20. TO MAECENAS: THE POET PROPHESIES HIS IMMORTALITY, by QUINTUS HORATIUS FLACCUS    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: On no common or feeble pinions shall I be borne
Last Line: Omit the superfluous honors of a tomb!
Alternate Author Name(s): Horace
Subject(s): Birds; Maecenas (70-8 B.c.); Swans; Transfiguration


THE FORD OF TRANSFIGURATION, by WILLIAM ROSE BENET    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: O dreamful jason, at the roaring ford
Last Line: Flash on thine eyes as queen of heaven's glory!
Subject(s): Prayer; Transfiguration


THE INTERLUDE, by KARL SHAPIRO    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Much of transfiguration that we hear
Subject(s): Insects; Death; Religion; Transfiguration; Bugs; Dead, The; Theology


THE LITTLE CHURCH AROUND THE CORNER, by JOHN MYERS O'HARA    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: In meek seclusion where cathedrals vie
Last Line: The convent gate of fra hilario.
Subject(s): Church Of The Transfiguration, New York; Convents; Nuns; The Little Church Around The Corner


THE TRANSFIGURER, by GEORGE HERBERT CLARKE    Poem Text                    
First Line: O sweet to hear thy name on friendly tongue
Last Line: For thou art love, and loved, and lover all.
Subject(s): Faith; Love; Metamorphosis; Religion; Transfiguration; Belief; Creed; Theology


TRANSFIGURATION, by VICTOR MARIE HUGO    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The grave said to the rose
Last Line: I fashion an angel of heaven.
Subject(s): Transfiguration