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Subject: HERRING
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A FISH OUT OF WATER; AN ALLEGORY OF EDUCATION, by ALAN PATRICK HERBERT    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I caught a herring long ago
Last Line: Slipped through a grating and was drowned.
Alternate Author Name(s): Patrick, A. P.
Subject(s): Herring; Oxford University


CALLER HERRIN', by CAROLINA OLIPHANT NAIRNE    Poem Text     Poem Explanation                 Poet's Biography
First Line: Wha'll buy my caller herrin'?
Last Line: Truth will stand when a' thing's failin'.
Alternate Author Name(s): Lady Nairne; Oliphant, Carolina; Nairne, Baroness
Subject(s): Herring; Salespersons; Selling


HERRING, by KAY RYAN    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: A thousand / tiny silver
Subject(s): Herring


HERRING, by WALTER SCOTT    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
Subject(s): Herring


HERRING IS KING, by ALFRED PERCEVAL GRAVES    Poem Text     Poem Explanation                 Poet's Biography
First Line: Let all the fish that swim the sea
Last Line: Tis we have brought the summer in.
Subject(s): Fish & Fishing; Herring; Anglers


HERRINGS' SONG, by CHARLES LUTWIDGE DODGSON    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Oh, dear beyond our dearest dreams
Alternate Author Name(s): Carroll, Lewis
Subject(s): Herring