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Subject: WEBSTER, JOHN (1580-1625)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` HORATIAN EPODE TO THE DUCHESS OF MALFI, by JOHN ORLEY ALLEN TATE    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The stage is about to be swept of corpses
Last Line: And the katharsis fades in the warm water of a yawn.
Alternate Author Name(s): Tate, Allen
Subject(s): Webster, John (1580-1625)


IN THE JUST WORTH OF JOHN WEBSTER, UPON HIS MASTER-PIECE OF TRAGEDY, by THOMAS MIDDLETON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: In this thou imitat'st one rich and wise
Last Line: Illa, ruina malis, claris fit vita poetis.
Subject(s): Webster, John (1580-1625)


LINES TO JOHN WEBSTER ON HIS PLAY THE DUCHESS OF MALFI, by JOHN FORD (1586-1639)    Poem Text                    
First Line: Crown him a poet, whom nor rome nor greece
Last Line: A lasting fame to raise his monument.
Subject(s): Webster, John (1580-1625)


SONNETS ON ENGLISH DRAMATIC POETS: 7. JOHN WEBSTER, by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Thunder: the flesh quails, and the soul bows down
Last Line: Shapes here and there of child and mother pass.
Subject(s): Night; Stars; Webster, John (1580-1625); Bedtime


TO HIS FRIEND JOHN WEBSTER, UPON HIS 'DUCHESS OF MALFI', by WILLIAM ROWLEY    Poem Text                    
First Line: I never saw thy duchess till the day
Last Line: But never in her life so well before.
Subject(s): Webster, John (1580-1625)


WITH A BIRTHDAY GIFT OF WEBSTER'S PLAYS, by EDMUND WILLIAM GOSSE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Poet and friend! Pause while the bells of time
Last Line: Swoop down and tear the breast of its repose.
Subject(s): Aging; Webster, John (1580-1625)