A-Z: Literary titles from the Bible
- Between the Porch and the altar
- Blessed are the peacemakers
- Blessed are they that have not seen
- Blessed be the paps
- Blessed Virgin Mary Compared to the Air We Breathe, The
- Blind Bartimaeus
- Bread upon the waters
- Bunch of grapes, The
- Burning of the Temple
- But men loved darkness rather than light
- By the rivers of Babylon we sat down and wept
- By the waters of Babylon, B.C.570
- By the waters of Whitechapel
- Cana Revisited
- Carpenter's Son, The
- Carpenter's Son, The
- Castle of Perseverance (and various other mystery plays)
- Charity
- Chewing the cud, The
- Child
- Children of men, The
- Christ
- Christ crucified
- Christmas
- Cold Lazarus
- Coming of the End, The
- Coming of the plague, The
- Confessions of a Justified Sinner
- Consider the Lilies
- Consider the [3Lilies3] of the Field
- Coronet, The
- Covenant, The
- Crucible, The
- Crucifixion (many poems contain this term)
- Crucifying
- Darkness at Noon
- Darkness Visible
- Daughter of Herodias, The
- David
- David and Bathsheba
- David and Goliath
- David in the cave of Adullam
- Day of Atonement
- Day of Judgement
- Day of Judgement, The
- De Profundis
- De Profundis
- Death is Swallowed up in Victory
- Death of Moses, The
- Death of Saul, The
A-Z: Literary titles from the Bible: Daughter of Herodias, The
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PoemDefinition
The daughter of Herodias danced before Herod. He promised to give her whatever she wantedCultural References
'Salome', by Oscar WildeHerod the Great was born c.73BCE, and became the King of Judea in 42BCE. He was King when Jesus was born, and upon hearing of the birth of the new 'king of the Jews', ordered the slaughter of all male children under two years old in Bethlehem.
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