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Subject: SAINT BERNARD (MOUNTAIN), SWITZERLAND
Matches Found: 5

UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` EXCELSIOR, by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The shades of night were falling fast
Last Line: Excelsior!
Subject(s): Life; Saint Bernard (mountain), Switzerland


FANCIES IN THE FIRELIGHT, IN THE CONVENT OF SAINT BERNARD, by THOMAS BUCHANAN READ    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: O, it is a joy to gaze
Last Line: Dona eis requiem!
Subject(s): Alps; Mountains; Saint Bernard (mountain), Switzerland; Hills; Downs (great Britain)


SONG ON SAINT BERNARD, by THOMAS BUCHANAN READ    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: O, it is a pleasure rare
Last Line: Floats in triumph o'er the crag!
Subject(s): Alps; Mountains; Saint Bernard (mountain), Switzerland; Hills; Downs (great Britain)


STORM ON SAINT BERNARD, by THOMAS BUCHANAN READ    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: O heaven, it is a fearful thing
Last Line: Melt out the music of my lyre.
Subject(s): Alps; Mountains; Saint Bernard (mountain), Switzerland; Hills; Downs (great Britain)


THE GREAT SAINT BERNARD, by SAMUEL ROGERS    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Night was again descending, when my mule
Last Line: Bread to the hungry, to the weary rest.
Subject(s): Saint Bernard (mountain), Switzerland; Travel; Journeys; Trips