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Subject: LADYBUGS
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` LINES TO A LADY-BIRD, by JOHN BYRNE LEICESTER WARREN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Cow-lady, or sweet lady-bird
Last Line: I bid thee hail, bright lady-bird!
Alternate Author Name(s): Lancaster, William P.; Preston, George F.; De Tabley, 3d Baron; De Tabley, Lord
Subject(s): Insects; Ladybirds; Bugs; Ladybugs


TO THE BURNIE BEE, by ROBERT SOUTHEY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Blithe son of summer, furl thy filmy wing
Last Line: Fit for the spring that waits beyond the tomb.
Subject(s): Future Life; Insects; Ladybirds; Nature - Religious Aspects; Spring; Retribution; Eternity; After Life; Bugs; Ladybugs


TO THE LADY-BIRD, by CATHERINE ANNE DORSET    Poem Text                    
First Line: Oh! Lady-bird, lady-bird, why dost thou roam
Last Line: No more from your nest, and your children to roam.
Alternate Author Name(s): Smith, Catherine Anne
Subject(s): Insects; Ladybirds; Bugs; Ladybugs


TO THE LADYBIRD, by MOTHER GOOSE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Ladybird, ladybird, fly away home
Last Line: The warming pan.
Variant Title(s): "the Ladybird;""ladybug, Ladybug"";
Subject(s): Insects; Ladybirds; Bugs; Ladybugs


TRIVIAL DETAIL, by VIOLET HELEN FRIEDLAENDER    Poem Text                    
First Line: Floating on the water in the a.R.P. Bucket
Last Line: Extraordinarily happy.
Subject(s): Insects; Ladybirds; Life; War; Bugs; Ladybugs