Poem Collection (page 21)

Auld Kirk, Ayr, Scotland, 1897. Creator: Underwood & Underwood
Auld Kirk, Ayr, Scotland, 1897. The ruined Alloway Auld Kirk, which dates back to at least the 16th century, was used by Robert Burns as the setting for the gathering of witches

I ve Been Roaming, 1828. Creator: Unknown
I ve Been Roaming, 1828. I ve Been Roaming. I ve Been Roaming Where the meadow dew is sweet And I m coming. And I m coming With its pearls upon my feet A woman in a muddy dress removes her pattens

Grace for a Child, 1883. Creator: Unknown
Grace for a Child, 1883. From " St. Nicholas: Volume X. Part I. November 1882, to May 1883". [Scribner & Co. New York, 1883]

Lancelot Andrewes, (1657). Creator: Unknown
Lancelot Andrewes, (1657). Portrait of Lancelot Andrewes, Bishop of Winchester (1555-1626) with Latin inscription: Effigies R.P. Lanceloti Andrewes Episcopi Wintoniensis

Marguerite, (late 17th-early 18th century). Creator: Gerald Valck
Marguerite, (late 17th-early 18th century). Portrait of Margaret Tudor (1489-1541), Queen consort of King James IV of Scotland and elder sister of King Henry VIII

There was an Old Person of Dover... c1840s. Creator: Edward Lear
There was an Old Person of Dover... c1840s. Limerick: There was an old person of Dover, Who rushed through a field of blue Clover; But some very large bees, Stung his nose and his knees

Lines written in an Album, at Malta, c1812. Creator: Unknown
Lines written in an Album, at Malta, c1812. Poem written on 14 September 1809 by Lord George Gordon Byron, first published in 1812

Ragged Robin, late 19th-early 20th century? Creator: Unknown
Ragged Robin, late 19th-early 20th century? Illustrated poem about robins

From Count Burkhardt. 1862, (1928). Creator: Unknown
From " Count Burkhardt". 1862, (1928). Nun by a window. Illustration to the poem " Count Burkhardt" by EL, published in " Once a Week", vol 7 (June-December)

If Thou Wilt Listen To Advice... 1928. Creator: M Watson-Williams
" If Thou Wilt Listen To Advice...". 1928. Illustration originally published in " Tales from the Gulistan" [or Rose Garden of the Sheik Sa di of Shiraz] by Sir Richard Burton

The Committee, 1725, (early 19th century). Creator: T Cooke
The Committee, 1725, (early 19th century). Print after The Committee; The quacks of government who sate at Th unguarded helm of state

The Night Journey. A mixed-traffic locomotive of the Southern Railway at a cross-over, 1935
The Night Journey. A mixed-traffic locomotive of the Southern Railway negotiating a cross-over on its way to the south, 1935. From " Railway Wonders of the World, Vol. 1"

Supporting each man on the top of the tide pub. 1876. Creator: Henry Holiday (1839 - 1927)
Supporting each man on the top of the tide from The Hunting of the Snark, an Agony in Eight Fits, by Lewis Carroll (1832 - 1898), pub. 1876 (b/w engraving)

The Beaver kept looking the opposite way pub. 1876. Creator: Henry Holiday (1839 - 1927)
The Beaver kept looking the opposite way from The Hunting of the Snark, an Agony in Eight Fits, by Lewis Carroll, pub. 1876 (b/w engraving)

To pursue it with forks and hope, pub. 1876. Creator: Henry Holiday (1839 - 1927)
To pursue it with forks and hope from The Hunting of the Snark, an Agony in Eight Fits, by Lewis Carroll, pub. 1876 (b/w engraving). Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832-1898); pen name: Lewis Carroll

So great was his fright that his waistcoat turned white pub. 1876. Creator
" So great was his fright that his waistcoat turned white" from The Hunting of the Snark, an Agony in Eight Fits, by Lewis Carroll, pub. 1876 (b/w engraving)

He had wholly forgotten his name pub. 1876. Creator: Henry Holiday (1839 - 1927)
He had wholly forgotten his name from The Hunting of the Snark, an Agony in Eight Fits, by Lewis Carroll, pub. 1876 (b/w engraving). Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832-1898); pen name: Lewis Carroll

The Beaver brought paper, portfolio and pens, pub. 1876. Creator: Henry Holiday (1839 - 1927)
The Beaver brought paper, portfolio and pens from The Hunting of the Snark, an Agony in Eight Fits, by Lewis Carroll, pub. 1876 (b/w engraving)

But oh, beamish nephew, beware of the day, pub. 1876. Creator: Henry Holiday (1839 - 1927)
But oh, beamish nephew, beware of the day from The Hunting of the Snark, an Agony in Eight Fits, by Lewis Carroll, pub. 1876 (b/w engraving)

Angel painting a picture, 1947. Creator: Shirley Markham
Angel painting a picture, 1947. To illustrate " When Earths last picture is painted", R Kipling. Illustration to a poem by Rudyard Kipling. Painting done at age 16

Linked hands, 1952. Creator: Shirley Markham
Linked hands, 1952. Illustration to a poem by Walter Raleigh (1914), " Wishes of an Elderly Man" : I wish I loved the Human Race; I wish I loved its silly face; I wish I liked the way it

William Hogarths tomb, c1793. Creator: Unknown
William Hogarths tomb, c1793. Wm. Hogarths Tomb in Chiswick Churchyard Middx. The tomb of British painter William Hogarth (1697-1764) in St Nicholass churchyard, Chiswick, (west London)

Bismark Give Me the Pot, late 19th century. Creator: Unknown
Bismark Give Me the Pot, late 19th century. Poem in French and satirical caricature of Wilhelm I (1797-1888), Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia, and Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898)

Illustration to the poem The Song of the Merchant Kalashnikov by M. Lermontov, 1891. Found in the Collection of Russian State Library, Moscow

Minnehaha Falls, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, c1900. Creator: Unknown
Minnehaha Falls, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, c1900. Minnehaha Park, designed by landscape architect Horace WS. Cleveland in 1883

Ballade of Dead Actors, 1886. Artist: Elihu Vedder
Ballade of Dead Actors, 1886. Poem by William Ernest Henley. From The Magazine of Art. [Cassell & Company, London, 1886]

Ballade of a Choice of Ghosts, 1886. Artist: Harry Furniss
Ballade of a Choice of Ghosts, 1886. Poem by Andrew Lang. From The Magazine of Art. [Cassell & Company, London, 1886]

The Screen in the Lumber Room, 1886. Artist: Randolph Caldecott
The Screen in the Lumber Room, 1886. Poem written by Austin Dobson about an old-fashioned screen, decorated with hoarded scraps and snippets. From The Magazine of Art

Florimel and the Witch, c1852. Artist: George August Periam
Florimel and the Witch, c1852. Engraving after a painting, scene from The Faerie Queene, 16th century epic poem by Edmund Spenser

La Cigale, 1919. Artist: Adolphe Willette
La Cigale, 1919. Quote from Athalie by Jean Racine: Aux petits des oiseaux il donne leur pa ture, Et sa bontes e tend sur toute la nature

Poster for Thomas Hardys The Dynasts, 1919. Artist: Charless Ricketts
Poster for Thomas Hardys The Dynasts, 1919. The Dynasts by Thomas Hardy is an English-language drama in verse. From Modern Woodcuts and Lithographs by British and French Artists, by Geoffrey Holme

Figurehead of the Famous Cutty Sark figure of Nanny the Witch, 1936
The Figurehead of the Famous Cutty Sark reprsents the figure of Nanny the Witch, 1936. From Shipping Wonders of the World, Vol. 1, edited by Clarence Winchester. [The Amalgamated Press Ltd. London]

Cover of the works Aplech of sonets, Les Cullites, Un poema d amor, work and drawing by Alexandre de Riquer, published in Barcelona in 1906

Miniature in the score of the book Roman de Fauvel, 14th century

Drawing by Federico Garcia Lorca (1899-1936) held in Buenos Aires to illustrate one of his own poems

Hudibras in the Stocks, 1850. Artist: Sir John Gilbert
Hudibras in the Stocks, 1850. A scene taken from the three-part mock-heroic satire Sir Hudibras by Samuel Butler. Sir Hudibras, a Presbyterian knight

Sketch for The Eve of St Agnes, c1847. Artist: William Holman Hunt
Sketch for The Eve of St Agnes, c1847. The Eve of St Agnes or The Flight of Madeline and Porphyro during the Drunkeness attending the Revelry. The subject is taken from Keats poem of the same title

One of six prints from the renowned history of John Gilpin, 1785. This scene from Cowpers poem is set in Cheapside, where John Gilpin was said to have a linen-drapery shop

New Elegy, Cries of London, 1819. Artist: John Thomas Smith
New Elegy, 1819. A scruffy looking man carries a basket of illustrated elegies written on rolls of paper or parchment

The Atlas of the Landed Interest, 1784. Thomas Powys, MP for Northamptonshire, carries a large bale representing the interests of the landowners

Scene from George Crabbes Tales of the hall, 19th century. Artist
Scene from George Crabbes Tales of the hall, 19th century. Rachel mourning the dying Robert

Fitz-James and the dying Blanche of Devan, 19th century. Artist: Henry Corbould
Fitz-James and the dying Blanche of Devan, 19th century. An illustration from Sir Walter Scotts poem The Lady of the Lake

The Bubblers Medley, or a Sketch of the Times, 1720. Satire on the South Sea Bubble of 1711-1720. A bankrupt man behind bars praying, with mock brokers receipt

A Traveller Stopt at a Widows Gate, 1824
A Traveller Stopt at a Widows Gate, pub. 1824 (hand coloured engraving)

Rosabell, 1806
Rosabell, pub. 1806 (hand coloured engraving). She waves goodbye at port, with baby in her arms

Dick Dock: Or, the Lobster and Crab (The Veterans), 1806
Dick Dock: Or, the Lobster and Crab (The Veterans), pub. 1806 (hand coloured engraving)

John Grouse and Mother Goose, Sung by Mr Emery of Covent Garden, 1808
John Grouse and Mother Goose, Sung by Mr Emery of Covent Garden, pub. 1808 (hand coloured engraving)

Drakes Drum, illustration from Drakes Drum and Other Songs of the Sea, 1905
Drakes Drum - Drake he was a Devon man, an ruled the Devon seas. Illustration from Drakes Drum and Other Songs of the Sea by Henry Newbolt (1862-1938) pub. 1905 (colour litho)

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