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Subject: WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` THE BOY PAINTER, by FRANCES SARGENT OSGOOD    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: A little heart where slept the germ, as yet in night concealed
Last Line: And a world's tears the fruit embalm in many a classic bower
Alternate Author Name(s): Vane, Violet
Subject(s): Mothers; West, Benjamin (1738-1820)


TO BENJAMIN WEST, by WASHINGTON ALLSTON    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: From one unused in pomp of words to raise
Last Line: Of honest fame; nor found the effort vain %e/en for itself to love thy soul-ennobling art
Variant Title(s): To My Venerable Friend, The President Of The Royal Academ
Subject(s): West, Benjamin (1738-1820)