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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: WEST (U.S.) - EXPLORATION Matches Found: 16 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` BY THE CROSS OF MONTEREY, by RICHARD EDWARD WHITE Poem Text First Line: Good junipero, the padre Last Line: With the waters of thy bay! Variant Title(s): Discovery Of San Francisco Bay;waiting For The Galleon Subject(s): San Francisco Bay, California; Serra, Junipero (1713-1784); West (u.s.) - Exploration CALIFORNIA'S HYMN, by AMELIA WOODWARD TRUESDELL Poem Text First Line: Before us lie the seas which bring the east unto the west Last Line: As the future goes marching on. Subject(s): Ancestry & Ancestors; California; Patriotism; Travel; West (u.s.) - Exploration; Journeys; Trips JOHN CHARLES FREMONT, by CHARLES FLETCHER LUMMIS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Pathfinder - and path-clincher! Last Line: And benton found the man! Subject(s): California; Fremont, John Charles (1813-1890); West (u.s.) - Exploration LIFE ON THE LAKES: DOWN ON THE BEACH (1), by ELIZABETH SEWELL HILL Poem Text First Line: The storm-light fades from the cloud-banked west Last Line: The far lamp glows. Subject(s): Seashore; Travel; West (u.s.) - Exploration; Beach; Coast; Shore; Journeys; Trips MIRAGE - THE PASSING WEST, by ELIZABETH GARBUTT Poem Text First Line: Tall poplars shiver in the summer heat Last Line: And poplar trees are shivering in the heat. Subject(s): Mirages; West (u.s.) - Exploration ON THE DISCOVERIES OF CAPTAIN LEWIS [JANUARY 14, 1807], by JOEL BARLOW Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Let the nile cloak his head in the clouds and defy Last Line: Who taught him his path to the sea. Subject(s): Clark, William (1770-1838); Explorers; Lewis, Meriwether (1774-1809); West (u.s.) - Exploration; Exploring; Discovery; Discoverers OREGON HOLLY, by WILLIAM STEWARD GORDON Poem Text First Line: As holly tells of feudal days Last Line: Has both their charms together. Subject(s): Native Americans - Genealogy & Heritage; Oregon; Patriotism; West (u.s.) - Exploration SA-CA-GA-WE-A; THE INDIAN GIRL WHO GUIDED LEWIS AND CLARK, by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Sho-sho-ne sa-ca-ga-we-a - captive and wife was she Last Line: "sho-sho-ne sa-ca-ga-we-a, who led the way to the west!" Alternate Author Name(s): Dean Subject(s): Clark, William (1770-1838); Explorers; History; Lewis, Meriwether (1774-1809); Native Americans; West (u.s.) - Exploration; Exploring; Discovery; Discoverers; Historians; Indians Of America; American Indians; Indians Of South America THE ALBANY CHAUTAUQUA, by WILLIAM STEWARD GORDON Poem Text First Line: Come among the birds and flowers Last Line: At chautauqua. Subject(s): Albany, New York; Nature; West (u.s.) - Exploration THE INDIAN DEATH WAIL, by WILLIAM STEWARD GORDON Poem Text First Line: All the village of rikawrus Last Line: Beats the aching heart of man. Subject(s): Cheyene Indians - Wars; Native Americans - History; West (u.s.) - Exploration THE OLD BARLOW ROAD, by WILLIAM STEWARD GORDON Poem Text First Line: Tread softly, boys, 'tis sacred dust Last Line: And each clod a coffin nail. Subject(s): Pioneers; Trail Of Tears (1838-39); Travel; West (u.s.) - Exploration; Native Americans - Removal; Journeys; Trips THE OLD SANTA FE TRAIL, by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: It wound through strange scarred hills, down canyons lone Last Line: Lo! Brightsome fruits to feed a mighty folk. Subject(s): Santa Fe Trail; West (u.s.) - Exploration THE VISIT OF THE FLEET, by WILLIAM STEWARD GORDON Poem Text First Line: In a long majestic line against the sky Last Line: Till the dove of peace shall reign on every shore. Subject(s): Balboa, Vasco Nunez De (1475-1519); Explorers; Sailing & Sailors; Sea Voyages; Ships & Shipping; Travel; West (u.s.) - Exploration; Exploring; Discovery; Discoverers; Seamen; Sails; Journeys; Trips THE WESTWARD MARCH, by WILLIAM STEWARD GORDON Poem Text First Line: Beside some lost alaskan lake Last Line: As the waters fill the sea! Subject(s): Native Americans - History; Pilgrimages & Pilgrims; Sailing & Sailors; Sea Voyages; Trail Of Tears (1838-39); Travel; West (u.s.) - Exploration; Seamen; Sails; Native Americans - Removal; Journeys; Trips TO GET TO FRESNO, by LAWSON FUSAO INADA Poem Source First Line: To get to fresno, %you need to turn left Last Line: Welcome back, fresno. %welcome back home.' Subject(s): California; Geography; Maps; Travel; West (u.s.) - Exploration WHITMAN'S RIDE FOR OREGON, by HEZEKIAH BUTTERWORTH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: An empire to be lost or won Last Line: The hundred states of oregon. Subject(s): West (u.s.) - Exploration; Whitman, Marcus (1802-1847) |
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