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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: WILLIAMS, ROGER (1604-1683) Matches Found: 35 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` CANONICUS AND ROGER WILLIAMS, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Content within his wigwam warm Last Line: "yea, and his own soul did he save / from burning in hell-fire" Subject(s): "canonicus (american Indian Leader);providence, Rhode Island;williams, Roger (1604-1683); KEY INTO THE LANGUAGE OF AMERICA: 1. SALUTATIONS, by ROSMARIE WALDROP Poem Source First Line: Are of two sorts and come immediatley before the body. The pro Last Line: So slow otherwise %so close Subject(s): Narragansett Indians; Native Americans; Native Americans - History; Rhode Island; Williams, Roger (1604-1683) KEY INTO THE LANGUAGE OF AMERICA: 10. OF THE SEASON OF THE YEERE, by ROSMARIE WALDROP Poem Source First Line: They have thirteen moneths and are content to settle for Last Line: Membranes %undercuts the alibi Subject(s): Narragansett Indians; Native Americans; Native Americans - History; Rhode Island; Williams, Roger (1604-1683) KEY INTO THE LANGUAGE OF AMERICA: 11. OF TRAVELL, by ROSMARIE WALDROP Poem Source First Line: What paths their swift of foot have cut in history and philosophy Last Line: Inside and add %it up to zero Subject(s): Narragansett Indians; Native Americans; Native Americans - History; Rhode Island; Williams, Roger (1604-1683) KEY INTO THE LANGUAGE OF AMERICA: 12. CONCERNING THE HEAVENS AND, by ROSMARIE WALDROP Poem Source First Line: Which they adore, above acknowledging colonization. The stellar Last Line: Take territory %from imperative Subject(s): Narragansett Indians; Native Americans; Native Americans - History; Rhode Island; Williams, Roger (1604-1683) KEY INTO THE LANGUAGE OF AMERICA: 13. OF THE WEATHER, by ROSMARIE WALDROP Poem Source First Line: It may bee wondred why, new england being 12 neerer to Last Line: Big masculine history %on tap Subject(s): Narragansett Indians; Native Americans; Native Americans - History; Rhode Island; Williams, Roger (1604-1683) KEY INTO THE LANGUAGE OF AMERICA: 14. OF THE WINDS, by ROSMARIE WALDROP Poem Source First Line: Accounts for eight cardinalls flying out of context though Last Line: Tongue tied %into another language Subject(s): Narragansett Indians; Native Americans; Native Americans - History; Rhode Island; Williams, Roger (1604-1683) KEY INTO THE LANGUAGE OF AMERICA: 15. OF FOWLE, by ROSMARIE WALDROP Poem Source First Line: Auchaui. Gone afowling. The crows eat up the sky, and Last Line: Of certain planets %totally opaque Subject(s): Narragansett Indians; Native Americans; Native Americans - History; Rhode Island; Williams, Roger (1604-1683) KEY INTO THE LANGUAGE OF AMERICA: 16. OF THE EARTH AND FRUITS, by ROSMARIE WALDROP Poem Source First Line: They are exact and punctual in the bounds of property and Last Line: All terms are %physical Subject(s): Narragansett Indians; Native Americans; Native Americans - History; Rhode Island; Williams, Roger (1604-1683) KEY INTO THE LANGUAGE OF AMERICA: 17. OF BEASTS, by ROSMARIE WALDROP Poem Source First Line: Netasuog. Cattell. Is the name the indians give tame beasts Last Line: Though without clear %direction into prey Subject(s): Narragansett Indians; Native Americans; Native Americans - History; Rhode Island; Williams, Roger (1604-1683) KEY INTO THE LANGUAGE OF AMERICA: 18. OF THE SEA, by ROSMARIE WALDROP Poem Source First Line: A site of passage, of dreadful to move on, of depth between Last Line: Beyond displacement %in exchange Subject(s): Language; Narragansett Indians; Native Americans; Native Americans - History; Rhode Island; Sea; Williams, Roger (1604-1683) KEY INTO THE LANGUAGE OF AMERICA: 19. OF FISH AND FISHING, by ROSMARIE WALDROP Poem Source First Line: Rising from sleep teeming with cold, bass, mackerel, salmon Last Line: As equal opportunity Subject(s): Narragansett Indians; Native Americans; Native Americans - History; Rhode Island; Williams, Roger (1604-1683) KEY INTO THE LANGUAGE OF AMERICA: 2. OF EATING AND ENTERTAINMENT, by ROSMARIE WALDROP Poem Source First Line: Indian corne, boiled with free will and predestination is a Last Line: All flesh considered %as a value Subject(s): Narragansett Indians; Native Americans; Native Americans - History; Rhode Island; Williams, Roger (1604-1683) KEY INTO THE LANGUAGE OF AMERICA: 20. OF THEIR NAKEDNESSE, by ROSMARIE WALDROP Poem Source First Line: They have a two-fold nakednesse they scan for traces of the Last Line: It's for the birds to flock %a semblance %of together Subject(s): Clothing And Dress; Narragansett Indians; Native Americans; Native Americans - History; Rhode Island; Williams, Roger (1604-1683) KEY INTO THE LANGUAGE OF AMERICA: 21. OF RELIGION, THE SOULE, by ROSMARIE WALDROP Poem Source First Line: They won't deny englishman's god made english men, but Last Line: With curtains drawn %to higher aspirations Subject(s): Narragansett Indians; Native Americans; Native Americans - History; Rhode Island; Williams, Roger (1604-1683) KEY INTO THE LANGUAGE OF AMERICA: 22. OF THEIR GOVERNMENT AND, by ROSMARIE WALDROP Poem Source First Line: Caunounicus, the elder sachim, far removed from probability Last Line: The elements lie %evenly in periods Subject(s): Narragansett Indians; Native Americans; Native Americans - History; Rhode Island; Williams, Roger (1604-1683) KEY INTO THE LANGUAGE OF AMERICA: 23. OF MARRIAGE, by ROSMARIE WALDROP Poem Source First Line: Flesh, considered as cognitive region, as opposed to undifferentiated Last Line: Through periods of waxing and weaning Subject(s): Language; Marriage; Narragansett Indians; Native Americans; Native Americans - History; Rhode Island; Williams, Roger (1604-1683) KEY INTO THE LANGUAGE OF AMERICA: 24. CONCERNING THEIR COYNE, by ROSMARIE WALDROP Poem Source First Line: Indians are ignorant of europe's coyne yet call it moneash Last Line: Does not differ Subject(s): Language; Narragansett Indians; Native Americans; Native Americans - History; Rhode Island; Williams, Roger (1604-1683) KEY INTO THE LANGUAGE OF AMERICA: 25. OF BUYING AND SELLING, by ROSMARIE WALDROP Poem Source First Line: Amongst themselves they trade great plains of experience Last Line: Cosaumawem. You aske too much Subject(s): Narragansett Indians; Native Americans; Native Americans - History; Rhode Island; Williams, Roger (1604-1683) KEY INTO THE LANGUAGE OF AMERICA: 26. OF DEBTS AND TRUSTING, by ROSMARIE WALDROP Poem Source First Line: They are desirous to come into debt and have bequeathed Last Line: Of keeping warm not infinite Subject(s): Narragansett Indians; Native Americans; Native Americans - History; Rhode Island; Williams, Roger (1604-1683) KEY INTO THE LANGUAGE OF AMERICA: 27. OF THEIR HUNTING, by ROSMARIE WALDROP Poem Source First Line: First they pursue their game in grammatical components when they drive the wood Last Line: And home, time and %the western world Subject(s): Language; Narragansett Indians; Native Americans; Native Americans - History; Rhode Island; Williams, Roger (1604-1683) KEY INTO THE LANGUAGE OF AMERICA: 28. OF THEIR GAMING, by ROSMARIE WALDROP Poem Source First Line: Their public games, whether cards (rushes), dice or football Last Line: A necessary part %of the material world Subject(s): Narragansett Indians; Native Americans; Native Americans - History; Rhode Island; Williams, Roger (1604-1683) KEY INTO THE LANGUAGE OF AMERICA: 29. OF THEIR WARRE, by ROSMARIE WALDROP Poem Source First Line: Surplus valor comes as messenger and heaves ambush. Shottash Last Line: My self the self of others Subject(s): Narragansett Indians; Native Americans; Native Americans - History; Rhode Island; Williams, Roger (1604-1683) KEY INTO THE LANGUAGE OF AMERICA: 3. CONCERNING SLEEPE AND LODGING, by ROSMARIE WALDROP Poem Source First Line: They will sleepe without the doores, above sea-level, with Last Line: An empty %promise %lodged against me Subject(s): Narragansett Indians; Native Americans; Native Americans - History; Rhode Island; Williams, Roger (1604-1683) KEY INTO THE LANGUAGE OF AMERICA: 30. OF THEIR PAINTINGS, by ROSMARIE WALDROP Poem Source First Line: 1. They paint their garments Last Line: Refinanced memory %washes white Subject(s): Narragansett Indians; Native Americans; Native Americans - History; Rhode Island; Williams, Roger (1604-1683) KEY INTO THE LANGUAGE OF AMERICA: 31. OF SICKNESSE, by ROSMARIE WALDROP Poem Source First Line: The indians' misery appeares they have no physick other Last Line: By fatigue %at this point %of the instep Subject(s): Narragansett Indians; Native Americans; Native Americans - History; Rhode Island; Williams, Roger (1604-1683) KEY INTO THE LANGUAGE OF AMERICA: 32. OF DEATH AND BURIALL, by ROSMARIE WALDROP Poem Source First Line: He that hath death in his house blackes his face. Soot clotted Last Line: Be understood forward %or backward Subject(s): Narragansett Indians; Native Americans; Native Americans - History; Rhode Island; Williams, Roger (1604-1683) KEY INTO THE LANGUAGE OF AMERICA: 4. OF THEIR NUMBERS, by ROSMARIE WALDROP Poem Source First Line: Without the help of wall street, how quick they are in Last Line: Could come apart %and tell %their seeds Subject(s): Narragansett Indians; Native Americans; Native Americans - History; Rhode Island; Williams, Roger (1604-1683) KEY INTO THE LANGUAGE OF AMERICA: 5. OF THEIR RELATIONS, by ROSMARIE WALDROP Poem Source First Line: They hold it red and wear it on their skin, a bond prey to Last Line: To make it safe to have a self Subject(s): Narragansett Indians; Native Americans; Native Americans - History; Rhode Island; Williams, Roger (1604-1683) KEY INTO THE LANGUAGE OF AMERICA: 6. OF THE FAMILY AND BUSINESSE, by ROSMARIE WALDROP Poem Source First Line: A sloemne word, family, that no one trained to explore celestial Last Line: Their gums their genes their lovingly Subject(s): Narragansett Indians; Native Americans; Native Americans - History; Rhode Island; Williams, Roger (1604-1683) KEY INTO THE LANGUAGE OF AMERICA: 7. OF THEIR PERSONS, by ROSMARIE WALDROP Poem Source First Line: Great bunch of hayre raked from darkness, yet as organized Last Line: Like fog in anywhere Subject(s): Narragansett Indians; Native Americans; Native Americans - History; Rhode Island; Williams, Roger (1604-1683) KEY INTO THE LANGUAGE OF AMERICA: 8. OF DISCOURSE AND NEWES, by ROSMARIE WALDROP Poem Source First Line: Tiding on condition, a corresponding sign to sound which our Last Line: Matter how %he can't forget Subject(s): Narragansett Indians; Native Americans; Native Americans - History; Rhode Island; Williams, Roger (1604-1683) KEY INTO THE LANGUAGE OF AMERICA: 9. OF THE TIME OF THE DAY, by ROSMARIE WALDROP Poem Source First Line: How high the sun Last Line: The frame around the body Subject(s): Narragansett Indians; Native Americans; Native Americans - History; Rhode Island; Time; Williams, Roger (1604-1683) ROGER WILLIAMS, by HEZEKIAH BUTTERWORTH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Why do I sleep amid the snows Last Line: And so the pine boughs cover me. Subject(s): Massachusetts; Religious Discrimination; Williams, Roger (1604-1683); Religious Conflict ROGER WILLIAMS, by SARAH HELEN POWER WHITMAN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Listen to his rich words, intoned Last Line: In liberty and law. Subject(s): Providence, Rhode Island; Williams, Roger (1604-1683) |
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