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Subject: WHISTLER, JAMES ABBOTT (1834-1903)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` BEFORE THE MIRROR (VERSES WRITTEN UNDER A PICTURE), by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: White rose in red rose-garden
Last Line: The flowing of all men's tears beneath the sky.
Variant Title(s): Before The Mirror
Subject(s): Art & Artists; Flowers; Gardens & Gardening; Portraits; Roses; Whistler, James Abbott (1834-1903)


FOR THE SAKE OF RETRIEVAL, by LINDA BIERDS    Poem Full Text                 Recitation by Author     Poet's Biography
First Line: As whistler heard colors like a stretch of music --
Subject(s): Newfoundland; Whistler, James Abbott (1834-1903)


FORMALITY AND THE SOUL: 2. JAMES MACNEIL WHISTLER, by KARL W. BIGELOW    Poem Text                    
First Line: Night- / a silver moonbeam on a golden strand
Last Line: Flitting thru the night.
Subject(s): Humanity; Whistler, James Abbott (1834-1903)


TO WHISTLER, AMERICAN; ON LOAN EXHIBIT OF PAINTINGS AT TATE GALLERY, by EZRA POUND    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: You also, our first great
Last Line: Show us there's chance at least of winning through.
Subject(s): Whistler, James Abbott (1834-1903)