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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: XERES I, THE GREAT (519-465 B.C.) Matches Found: 4 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` THE FLIGHT OF XERXES, by MARIA JANE JEWSBURY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I saw him on the battle-eve Last Line: For thee, immortal salamis! Alternate Author Name(s): Fletcher, Maria Jane Jewsbury Subject(s): Dardanelles; Xeres I, The Great (519-465 B.c.); Hellespont THE MARCH OF XERXES, by LUIGI ALAMANNI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: When in the wantonness of kingly pride Last Line: More than a god he came, less than a man he fled. Subject(s): Dardanelles; Xeres I, The Great (519-465 B.c.); Hellespont XERXES, by SAMUEL JOHNSON (1709-1784) Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In gay hostility and barbarous pride Last Line: Through purple billows and a floating host. Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson, Dr. Subject(s): Dardanelles; Xeres I, The Great (519-465 B.c.); Hellespont XERXES AT HELLESPONT, by RICHARD CHENEVIX TRENCH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Calm is now that stormy water, - it has learned to fear my wrath Last Line: A dead host with their dead monarch, silent in the silent ground. Subject(s): Dardanelles; Xeres I, The Great (519-465 B.c.); Hellespont |
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