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Subject: TEXAS REVOLUTION (1835-1836)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` BEN MILAM, by WILLIAM H. WHARTON    Poem Text                    
First Line: Oft shall the soldier think of thee
Last Line: Linked with undying liberty!
Subject(s): Milam, Benjamin Rush (1788-1835); Texas Revolution (1835-1836)


CARMELITA, by MIRABEAU BONAPARTE LAMAR    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: O carmelita, know ye not
Last Line: O donna carmelita!
Subject(s): Pioneers; Texas Revolution (1835-1836); West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States


SONG OF TEXAS, by WILLIAM HENRY CUYLER HOSMER    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Make room on our banner bright
Last Line: "that spangle your banner bright."
Subject(s): Texas Revolution (1835-1836)


THE DEFENSE OF THE ALAMO [MARCH 6, 1835], by CINCINNATUS HEINE MILLER    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Santa ana [anna] came storming, as a storm might come
Last Line: When duty fronts death in his alamo.
Alternate Author Name(s): Miller, Joaquin
Subject(s): Alamo; Bowie, James (1796-1836); Crockett, Davy (1786-1836); Patriotism; Santa Anna, Antonio Lopez De (1794-1876); Texas Revolution (1835-1836); Travis, William Barret (1809-1836)


THE FIGHT AT SAN JACINTO [APRIL 21, 1836], by JOHN WILLIAMSON PALMER    Poem Text                    
First Line: Now for a brisk and cheerful fight!'
Last Line: And the texan star flashed out.
Subject(s): Houston, Sam (1793-1863); Patriotism; Revenge; San Jacinton, Battle Of (1836); Santa Anna, Antonio Lopez De (1794-1876); Texas Revolution (1835-1836)


THE MEN OF THE ALAMO, by JAMES JEFFREY ROCHE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: To houston at gonzales town, ride, ranger, for your life
Last Line: "thermopylae left one alive -- the alamo left none."
Subject(s): Alamo; Bowie, James (1796-1836); Courage; Crockett, Davy (1786-1836); Santa Anna, Antonio Lopez De (1794-1876); Texas Revolution (1835-1836); Travis, William Barret (1809-1836); Valor; Bravery


THE VALOR OF BEN MILAM, by CLINTON SCOLLARD    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Oh, who will follow ben milam into san antonio?
Last Line: In song be praised, let a rouse be raised for the name of ben milam!
Subject(s): Bexar, Siege Of (1835); Milam, Benjamin Rush (1788-1835); Texas Revolution (1835-1836)