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Subject: LILACS
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A SONG OF THE LILAC, by LOUISE IMOGEN GUINEY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Above the wall that's broken
Last Line: Is shaken on his heart.
Subject(s): Flowers; Lilacs; Love


AIR FOR VIOLA DA GAMBA, by JOSEPH WALSH    Poem Text                    
First Line: Do you remember now how rain
Last Line: (how does that old sonata go?)
Subject(s): Flowers; Lilacs


BEYOND, by THOMAS SAMUEL JONES JR.    Poem Source                    
First Line: I wonder if the tides of spring
Subject(s): Flowers; Lilacs


DANDELIONS, by WALT MASON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Upon my lawn, I know not why, the dandelions
Last Line: Their birth, and shrivel at the slightest breath, and perish from the earth.
Subject(s): Dandelions; Flowers; Gardens & Gardening; Lawns; Lilacs; Weeds


DESIGN OF WHITE LILACS, by GRACE HAZARD CONKLING    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: In alleys of lilacs
Last Line: Moon-words, sun-words.
Subject(s): Flowers; Lilacs


FROM THE CASTELLO, by CORINNE ROOSEVELT ROBINSON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: My window is a frame for one dark tree
Last Line: I shall possess thee now for all my days!
Subject(s): Castles; Cypress Trees; Flowers; Lilacs; Vision


HER LILACS, by EUNICE MITCHELL LEHMER    Poem Text                    
First Line: She did not leave her portrait framed in gold
Last Line: Of growth that blossoms into victory.
Subject(s): Flowers; Lilacs


LAST LOOKS AT THE LILACS, by WALLACE STEVENS    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: To what good, in the alleys of the lilacs
Subject(s): Flowers; Lilacs


LAST LOOKS AT THE LILACS, by WALLACE STEVENS    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: To what good, in the alleys of the lilacs
Last Line: Patron and imager of the gold don john %who will embrace her before summer comes
Subject(s): Flowers; Lilacs


LILAC, by NINA HEMBLING    Poem Text                    
First Line: The fragrance of the lilac covers me
Last Line: Incense from a sacred tomb!
Subject(s): Flowers; Lilacs


LILAC BLOOMS, by CHARLES LOUIS HENRY WAGNER    Poem Text                    
First Line: Sweet was the kiss of the singing breeze
Last Line: Content to dream.
Subject(s): Dreams; Flowers; Lilacs; Poetry & Poets; Nightmares


LILAC BY THE MUSEUM ON ST. WENCESLAS SQUARE, by VITEZSLAV NEZVAL    Poem Source                    
First Line: I don't love flowers
Last Line: And while I was asleep %the lilac burst into flower on st. Wenceslas square
Subject(s): Czechoslovakia - Communist Regime; Flowers; Lilacs; Prague, Czech Republic


LILAC DUSK, by LIZETTE WOODWORTH REESE    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: What ghost of an old room comes, goes at will
Subject(s): Flowers; Lilacs


LILAC IS AN ANCIENT SHRUB, by EMILY DICKINSON            Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
Last Line: But let not the revelation %by these be detained
Variant Title(s): Poem: 1241; Poem: 126
Subject(s): Flowers; Lilacs


LILAC SEASON, by GRACE E. WELLS    Poem Text                    
First Line: Fragrant lilacs in the spring-time
Last Line: Memories cling to lilac season.
Subject(s): Flowers; Lilacs


LILAC TIME, by HAYDEN CARRUTH    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The winter was fierce, my dear
Last Line: Will make me form-I-dable.
Subject(s): Flowers; Lilacs; Old Age; Seasons; Winter


LILAC TIME, by JOSEPHINE M. LANE    Poem Text                    
First Line: Somewhere near a fence, I think
Last Line: I'll plant this one tree more.
Subject(s): Flowers; Lilacs


LILAC: FIRST EMOTIONS OF LOVE, by ROBERT BURNS    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: O were my love yon lilac fair
Last Line: Till fley'd awa' by phoebus' light.
Subject(s): Flowers; Lilacs


LILACS, by HILDA CONKLING    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: After lilacs come out
Subject(s): Flowers; Lilacs


LILACS, by PERCY STICKNEY GRANT    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: A welcome of great lilacs at the gate
Last Line: Sweet lilacs blooming by a broken gate?
Subject(s): Flowers; Lilacs


LILACS, by RUTH LAMBERT JONES    Poem Text                    
First Line: Lilacs may bloom gallantly
Last Line: Of such things make me dream.
Subject(s): Flowers; Lilacs


LILACS, by AMY LOWELL    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Lilacs / false blue
Last Line: Since certainly it is mine.
Subject(s): Flowers; Lilacs; New England


LILACS, by GERTRUDE PARTHENIA MCBROWN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Come, let's walk where the lilacs grow
Subject(s): Flowers; Lilacs


LILACS FOR GINSBERG, by GERALD STERN    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I was most interested in what they looked like dead
Subject(s): Flowers; Lilacs


LILACS FOR GINSBERG, by GERALD STERN    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I was most interested in what they looked like dead
Last Line: Good and thoughtful became, for a moment, sorrowful
Subject(s): Flowers; Lilacs


LILACS IN THE CITY, by WILLIAM BRIAN HOOKER    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Amid the rush and fever of the street
Last Line: God's answer to the wisdom of this world.
Alternate Author Name(s): Hooker, Brian
Subject(s): Flowers; Lilacs; New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


LITTLE JUNE BOOK TO E.V.M.: 6, by WALLACE STEVENS    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: This is the lilac-bush
Last Line: Soon again, the happy sound %will enchant the purple ground
Subject(s): Flowers; Lilacs


MEMORIES OF WHITMAN AND LINCOLN, by JAMES OPPENHEIM    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Lilacs shall bloom for walt whitman
Last Line: And lilacs for abraham lincoln.
Subject(s): Flowers; Lilacs; Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Poetry & Poets; Presidents, United States; Whitman, Walt (1819-1891)


MY GARDEN, by MARY M. RANDLEMAN    Poem Text                    
First Line: My garden is entrancing
Last Line: Their magic over all.
Subject(s): Flowers; Gardens & Gardening; Lilacs


NEW HAMPSHIRE LILACS, by SYLVIA TRYON    Poem Text                    
First Line: The hills are sweet with lilacs now
Last Line: As the evening bell-notes cease.
Subject(s): Flowers; Lilacs; New Hampshire


NIGHT-LILAC, by MARK VAN DOREN    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Lilac alone - / standing so quiet, so dim, outside
Last Line: Dim lilac, and shine!
Subject(s): Flowers; Lilacs


OLD HOME, by MABEL GOULD DEMERS    Poem Text                    
First Line: The purple lilacs haunt me
Last Line: Upon the polished floor.
Subject(s): Flowers; Home; Lilacs; Orchards


OUR LADY OF THE LILACS, by FRANCES SMITH    Poem Text                    
First Line: In the tender, pulsing night-time
Last Line: Sweet as a lilac's dream.
Subject(s): Flowers; Lilacs


PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S BURIAL HYMN, by WALT WHITMAN    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: When lilacs last in the door-yard bloom'd
Last Line: There in the fragrant pines and the cedars dusk and dim.
Variant Title(s): When Lilacs Last In The Dooryard Bloomed
Subject(s): American Civil War; Death; Flowers; Grief; Lilacs; Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Loss; Mourning; Patriotism; Presidents, United States; United States - History; United States; Dead, The; Sorrow; Sadness; Bereavement; America


QUINCE TO LILAC, by BLISS CARMAN    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Dear lilac, how enchanting
Last Line: Remarkable discernment. %your ever loving quince
Subject(s): Flowers; Lilacs; Quince Trees


RIP VAN WINKLE'S LILAC, by HERMAN MELVILLE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Ay, - no! - my brain is addled yet
Last Line: Boon nature finds one -- heaven be blest!
Subject(s): Flowers; Lilacs


ROYALTY, by FREDERIC LAWRENCE KNOWLES    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: In purple and fine linen
Last Line: Frederic lawrence knowles.
Alternate Author Name(s): Paget, R. L.
Subject(s): Flowers; Houses; Lilacs; Linen


SONG, by GUSTAVE KAHN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: O lovely april, rich and bright
Last Line: O lovely april rich and bright.
Subject(s): April; Flowers; Lilacs; Love; Singing & Singers; Songs


STEALING LILACS, by PAMELA GEMIN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Long before the arboretum opens
Last Line: You have to lock me up %but bring me lilacs
Subject(s): Flowers; Gardens And Gardening; Lilacs; Love; Nature


THE LILACS; TO A -- AND H --, ROYAL AIR FORCE, AUGUST 1925, by WILLIAM FAULKNER    Poem Text                    
First Line: We sit drinking tea
Last Line: He's not dead, poor chap; he didn't die . . .
Subject(s): Flowers; Lilacs; War


THE MASTERPIECE, by NORMAN ROWLAND GALE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Twas blush of morning as I went
Last Line: Cries 'lilac! Lilac! Lilac!'
Subject(s): Flowers; Lilacs; Walking


THE MOUNTAIN LILAC, by MARGUERITE WILKINSON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Upon the hills
Last Line: Upon the hills.
Subject(s): Flowers; Lilacs; Mountains; Hills; Downs (great Britain)


THESE ARE LILACS, by NIJOLE MILIAUSKAITE    Poem Source                    
Last Line: And for me
Subject(s): Flowers; Lilacs


TO A BUNCH OF LILAC, by THEOPHILE JULIUS HENRY MARZIALS    Poem Text                    
First Line: Is it the april springing
Last Line: And long but to love, and die.
Alternate Author Name(s): Marzials, Theo; Marzials, Theophile Jules Henri
Subject(s): Dreams; Flowers; Hope; Life; Lilacs; Love; Singing & Singers; Nightmares; Optimism


VERMONT, by MARTHA RONK    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The man next door came after three bitter days
Last Line: No one could bring one's self to thank anyone for
Subject(s): Poverty; Farm Life; Lilacs


WHITE LILACS, by MABEL CLELAND LUDLUM    Poem Text                    
First Line: I know that life's a long road with no turning
Last Line: "saying, once more, ""be happy while you may!"
Subject(s): Death; Flowers; Lilacs; Dead, The


WHITE LILACS, by BORRIES FREIHERR VON MUNCHHAUSEN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The day was damp -- the snails were out, for token
Last Line: Ran the gold ditties of the nightingale.
Subject(s): Flowers; Lilacs


WITH LILACS, by CHARLES HENRY CRANDALL    Poem Text                    
First Line: I beg the pardon of these flowers
Last Line: By love's own music, softly played.
Subject(s): Flowers; Lilacs