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Subject: BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` BIRMINGHAM, by FREDERICK LOUIS MACNEICE    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Smoke from the train-gulf hid by hoardings blunders upward, the brakes of cars
Last Line: To call, in the harsh morning, sleep-stupid faces through the daily gate
Alternate Author Name(s): Macneice, Louis
Subject(s): Birmingham, England


ON THE OPENING OF FIRST PUBLIC PLEASURE-GROUND AT BIRMINGHAM, by RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Soldiers of industry! Come forth
Last Line: To feel and understand.
Alternate Author Name(s): Houghton, 1st Baron; Houghton, Lord
Subject(s): Birmingham, England; Parks


RAMBLE OF THE GODS THROUGH BIRMINGHAM, SELECTION, by JAMES BISSET    Poem Text                    
First Line: Next day they rambled round the town, and swore
Last Line: With thund'ring hammers made the air resound.
Subject(s): Birmingham, England; Goddesses & Gods; Labor & Laborers; Mythology; Towns; Work; Workers