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Subject: UNITED STATES - CONGRESS - SENATE
Matches Found: 5

UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` ROBBED (LEAGUE OF NATIONS REPUDIATED BY U.S. SENATE), by ETHELEAN TYSON GAW    Poem Text                    
First Line: I rode at dawn a chevalier of god
Last Line: But—so much cannon fodder left to rot.
Subject(s): League Of Nations; United States - Congress - Senate; War


THE BIGLOW PAPERS: 5. THE DEBATE IN THE SENNIT, by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Here we stan' on the constitution, by thunder!
Last Line: Thet slavery's airth s grettest boon,' sez he.
Subject(s): Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; United States - Congress - Senate; Antislavery Movement - United States


THE VOICE OF WEBSTER, by ROBERT UNDERWOOD JOHNSON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Silence was envious of the only voice
Last Line: Long shall its echoes rouse the patriot's heart.
Subject(s): American Civil War; Democracy; United States - Congress - Senate; United States - History; United States - Reconstruction (1865-1877); Webster, Daniel (1782-1852)


TO ONE 'INVESTIGATED' BY THE LAST SENATE COMMITTEE, OR THE NEXT, by JOHN CIARDI    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: And though the walls have ears
Last Line: To make a craven safety / count for honor's part
Subject(s): Mccarthyism; United States - Congress - Senate


TO THE UNITED STATES SENATE, by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: And must the senator from illinois
Last Line: Of the popular term armageddon in present day politics.]
Alternate Author Name(s): Lindsay, Vachel
Subject(s): United States - Congress - Senate