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Subject: INFINITY
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A CHILD AND A STAR, by EDWARD ROWLAND SILL    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The star, so pure in saintly white
Last Line: Go out into the infinite.
Alternate Author Name(s): Hedbrooke, Andrew
Subject(s): Children; Stars; Infinity


FINITE AND INFINITE, by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The wind sounds only in opposing straits
Last Line: And rush exultant on the infinite.
Subject(s): Infinity; Soul


PLACE-RITUALS, by MURIEL RUKEYSER    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: This is the word our lips caress, our teeth bite
Subject(s): Prayer; Infinity; Christianity


THE DIAMOND DOG FOLLOWS ME TO THE COURT OF PONCE DE LEON, by DIANE WAKOSKI    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: They announce me as a princess,
Subject(s): Fountains; Gifts & Giving; Infinity