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Subject: DOVER, ENGLAND
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First Line: From the pier's head, musing, and with increase
Last Line: "the shouts of folly, and the groans of sin."
Subject(s): Dover, England


AT DOVER CLIFFS, JULY 20, 1787, by WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: On these white cliffs, that calm above the flood
Last Line: The world his country, and his god his guide.
Variant Title(s): Sonnet: 9. At Dover Cliffs, July 20, 1787
Subject(s): Dover, England


BLUEBIRDS, by BOB MCKENTY    Poem Source                    
First Line: One thing makes the english tinglish
Last Line: Keeping white cliffs white
Subject(s): Birds; Bluebirds; Dover, England


DOVER BEACH, by MATTHEW ARNOLD    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The sea is calm to-night
Last Line: Where ignorant armies clash by night.
Subject(s): Desire; Doubt; Dover, England; England; Faith; Love; Love - Marital; Poetry & Poets; Religion; Sea; Seashore; Social Protest; Time; War; Skepticism; English; Belief; Creed; Wedded Love; Marriage - Love; Theology; Ocean; Beach; Coast; Shore


DOVER CLIFF, by F. WYVILLE HOME    Poem Text                    
First Line: Last april, when the winds had lost their
Last Line: The utter sweetness of the violet.
Subject(s): Dover, England


THE CLIFFS OF DOVER, by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Rocks of my country! Let the cloud
Last Line: To live and die for thee!
Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, Felicia Dorothea
Subject(s): Dover, England; Great Britain; Patriotism


THE MESSAGE, by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Do you not feel the white glow in your breast, my bird?
Last Line: With no death after, no arrow with stinging pains.
Alternate Author Name(s): A. E.
Subject(s): Dover, England; Doves; Love; Messengers