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Subject: WORLD WAR I - NAVAL ACTIONS
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` DER TAG: NELSON AND BEATTY, by ROBERT SEYMOUR BRIDGES    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: No doubt 'twas a truly christian sight
Last Line: This grey november morning.'
Alternate Author Name(s): Bridges, Robert+(2)
Subject(s): Beatty, David. 1st Earl (1871-1936); Navy - Great Britain; World War I - Naval Actions; English Navy


IT IS MY DUTY (1), by F. JOHN HERBERT    Poem Source                    
First Line: And it is my duty to say yesterday
Last Line: That is our rate of salt %that is our agreement of chrome and autumn
Subject(s): Duty; Military; Presidents, United States; World War I - Naval Actions


THE AUXILIARY CRUISER, by NOEL MARCUS FRANCIS CORBETT    Poem Text                    
First Line: The day closed in a wrath of cloud. The gale
Last Line: "sir humphrey gilbert hailed them; ""be of cheer!"
Subject(s): World War I - Naval Actions


THE MERCHANTMEN, by MORLEY ROBERTS    Poem Text                    
First Line: The skippers and the mates, they know!
Last Line: As endless as some dog-watch song.
Subject(s): World War I - Naval Actions


THE NORTH SEA GROUND, by CICELY FOX SMITH    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Oh, grimsby is a pleasant town as any man may find
Last Line: Oh, the dead lying quiet on the north sea ground!
Subject(s): North Sea; World War I - Naval Actions


THE SONG OF THE GUNS AT SEA, by HENRY JOHN NEWBOLT    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Oh hear! Oh hear!
Last Line: Come! ... Come! ... The time is come!
Subject(s): World War I - Naval Actions


THIS WILL FLOAT, by F. JOHN HERBERT    Poem Source                    
First Line: This will float for a long time then be removed
Last Line: You eat the colder. %they are the outcasts. %help is coming
Subject(s): Heroism; Military; Soldiers; World War I - Naval Actions