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Subject: CORFU (ISLAND), GREECE
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A NIGHT AT CORFU, by AUBREY DE VERE    Poem Text                    
First Line: A hoary gleam through boughs prevailing
Last Line: And now the west returns the glow!
Subject(s): Corfu (island), Greece


CORFU, by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Now doth not summer's sunny smile
Last Line: Alas! And is such heart mine own?
Alternate Author Name(s): L. E. L.; Maclean, Letitia
Subject(s): Corfu (island), Greece


FROM THE IONIAN ISLANDS, by RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Thou pleasant island, whose rich garden-shores
Last Line: Bright in the dubious track of after years.
Alternate Author Name(s): Houghton, 1st Baron; Houghton, Lord
Subject(s): Corfu (island), Greece; Iona, Scotland; Travel; Journeys; Trips


THE HOUSE OF ALCINOUS, by HOMER    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The blue-eyed pallas, having spoken thus
Last Line: Bestowed on king alcinous and his house.
Subject(s): Corfu (island), Greece


THE LORDSHIP OF CORFU; A LEGEND OF 1516, by PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: What time o'er gory lands and threatening seas
Last Line: "thus venice claims the lordship of corfu!"
Subject(s): Corfu (island), Greece; Legends