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Subject: SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A MOUNTAIN VILLAGE IN SOUTHERN FRANCE, by CLARENCE MAJOR    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Snow on a line of flat rooftops beneath a sky of driven clouds
Subject(s): Fields; France; Solitude; Southern Hemisphere; Pastures; Meadows; Leas; Loneliness


LAURENCE BLOOMFIELD IN IRELAND: 10. THE FAIR, by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Mud hovels fringe the 'fair-green' of this town
Last Line: With many an ancient patch and breezy rent.
Alternate Author Name(s): Pollex, D.; Walker, Patricius
Subject(s): Bargains; Festivals; Labor & Laborers; Southern Hemisphere; Towns; Fairs; Pageants; Work; Workers


MOUNTAIN VILLAGE IN SOUTHERN FRANCE, by CLARENCE MAJOR    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Snow on a line of flat rooftops beneath a sky of driven clouds
Last Line: Like bugs beneath doormats in rainy weather
Subject(s): Fields; France; Solitude; Southern Hemisphere


THE CROSS OF THE SOUTH, by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: In the silence and grandeur of midnight
Last Line: Soar high o'er the andes to mingle with thee.
Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, Felicia Dorothea
Subject(s): Constellations; Southern Hemisphere


THE DESERT ISLAND, by FAIRFAX DOWNEY    Poem Text                    
First Line: If I had a skiff
Last Line: I do dream dreams!
Subject(s): Islands; Southern Hemisphere


THE SONG OF THE SPANISH MAIN, by JOHN BENNETT (1865-1956)    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Out in the south, when the day is done
Last Line: Then, hush, forevermore.
Subject(s): National Songs; Singing & Singers; Southern Hemisphere; Spain; War; National Anthems; Songs