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Subject: SANTIAGO, CUBA
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` DEEDS OF VALOR AT SANTIAGO, by CLINTON SCOLLARD    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Who cries that the days of daring are those that are faded far
Last Line: Themselves their peers.
Subject(s): Patriotism; Santiago, Battle Of (1898); Santiago, Cuba; Spanish-american War (1898)


GENERAL WHEELER AT SANTIAGO, by JAMES LINDSAY GORDON    Poem Text                    
First Line: Into the thick of the fight he went, pallid and sick and wan
Last Line: Old fighting joe!
Subject(s): Patriotism; Santiago, Cuba; Spanish-american War (1898); Wheeler, Joseph (1836-1906)


PRIVATE BLAIR OF THE REGULARS, by CLINTON SCOLLARD    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: It was private blair, of the regulars
Last Line: And honor be from sea to sea to the deed of private blair!
Subject(s): Santiago, Cuba; Soldiers; Spanish-american War (1898)


SANTIAGO, by THOMAS ALLIBONE JANVIER    Poem Text                    
First Line: In the stagnant pride of an outworn race
Last Line: So the fight was won that our sampson planned!
Subject(s): Santiago, Battle Of (1898); Santiago, Cuba; Sea Battles; Spanish-american War (1898); Naval Warfare


SONG OF THE CUBAN BLACKS, by FEDERICO GARCIA LORCA    Poem Source         Poet Analysis            
First Line: When the full moon comes
Last Line: I'll go to santiago
Subject(s): Men; Santiago, Cuba


THE BROOKLYN AT SANTIAGO, by WALLACE RICE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Twixt clouded heights spain hurls to doom
Last Line: On such a ship!
Alternate Author Name(s): Groot, Cecil De
Subject(s): Brooklyn (ship); Santiago, Cuba; Schley, Winfield Scott (1839-1909); Sea Battles; Spanish-american War (1898); Naval Warfare


THE CHARGE AT SANTIAGO, by WILLIAM HAMILTON HAYNE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: With shot and shell, like a loosened hell
Last Line: Looks with his piercing eye!
Subject(s): Courage; Santiago, Battle Of (1898); Santiago, Cuba; Spanish-american War (1898); Valor; Bravery


THE DESTROYER OF DESTROYERS, by WALLACE RICE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: From santiago, spurning the morrow
Last Line: Wainwright! The gloucester!
Alternate Author Name(s): Groot, Cecil De
Subject(s): Gloucester (ship); Navy - United States; Santiago, Cuba; Sea Battles; Spanish-american War (1898); Troy; Wainwright, Richard (1817-1862); American Navy; Naval Warfare


THE FLEET AT SANTIAGO, by CHARLES EDWARD RUSSELL    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The heart leaps with the pride of their story
Last Line: How we thrill with the joy of their fame!
Subject(s): Navy - United States; Santiago, Battle Of (1898); Santiago, Cuba; Spanish-american War (1898); American Navy


THE RUSH OF THE OREGON, by ARTHUR GUITERMAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: They held her south to magellan's mouth
Last Line: For the chance of a bitter fight!
Subject(s): Oregon (ship); Santiago, Cuba; Spanish-american War (1898)


WHEELER'S BRIGADE AT SANTIAGO, by WALLACE RICE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Beneath the blistering tropical sun
Last Line: "kept time to the tune of ""dixie."
Alternate Author Name(s): Groot, Cecil De
Subject(s): Santiago, Battle Of (1898); Santiago, Cuba; Spanish-american War (1898); Wheeler, Joseph (1836-1906)