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Author: graham, james
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Graham (1612-1650), James    Poet's Biography
Alternate Author Name(s): Montrose, 1st Marquis Of
6 poems available by this author


EPITAPH ON KING CHARLES I    Poem Text    
First Line: Great, good and just, could I but rate
Last Line: And write thy epitaph in blood and wounds!
Variant Title(s): Lines On The Execution Of Charles I;upon The Death Of King Charles I;his Metrical Vow (on The Death Of Charles I)
Subject(s): Charles I, King Of England (1600-1649)


GORCOCK       
First Line: With earliest spring, while yet in
Subject(s): Birds


HEROIC LOVE    Poem Text    
First Line: My dear and only love, I pray
Last Line: So I can love no more.
Variant Title(s): An Excellent New Ballad;i'll Never Love Thee More;montrose's Love;a Proper New Ballad;montrose To His Mistress
Subject(s): Courage; Fidelity; Love - Complaints; Valor; Bravery; Faithfulness; Constancy


ON HIMSELF, UPON HEARING WHAT WAS HIS SENTENCE    Poem Text    
First Line: Let them bestow on every airth a limb
Last Line: And confident thou'lt raise me with the just.
Variant Title(s): His Metrical Prayer;verses Composed On The Eve Of His Execution
Subject(s): Bible; Capital Punishment; Montrose, 5th Earl & 1st Marquis Of; Religion; Hanging; Executions; Death Penalty; Graham, James (1612-165); Theology


REDBREAST'S HAUNT       
First Line: High is his perch, but humble is his home
Subject(s): Birds


TOUCH       
First Line: He either fears his fate too much



Grahame, James    Poet's Biography
10 poems available by this author


ELIJAH FED BY RAVENS       
First Line: Sore was the famine throughout all the


FINDING OF MOSES       
First Line: Slow glides the nile; amid the margin


FIRST SABBATH       
First Line: Six days the heavenly host, in circle vast


JACOB AND PHARAOH       
First Line: Pharaoh upon a gorgeous throne of state


JEPHTHA'S VOW       
First Line: From conquest jephtha came, with


JUBILEE       
First Line: The trumpet's voice %the sabbath of the ...


SAUL AND DAVID       
First Line: Deep was the furrow in the royal brow


SEASONS       
First Line: O nature! All thy seasons please the eye


THE SABBATH    Poem Text    
First Line: How still the morning of the hallowed day!
Last Line: His iron-armed hoofs gleam in the morning ray.
Subject(s): Sabbath; Sunday


WILD DUCK AND HER BROOD       
First Line: How calm that little lake! No breath of wind
Subject(s): Landscape