Poem Collection (page 24)

Council held by the Rats. Scene from a poem by Jean de la Fontaine (1621-1695)

Letter from Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Henry F Chorley, 1859. Artist: Elizabeth Barrett
Letter from Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Henry F Chorley, September-October 1859. Letter written from Siena by Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Henry F Chorley, the critic

Heres a health to them thats awa, c1792. Artist: Robert Burns
Heres a health to them thats awa, c1792. Robert Burns song Heres a health to them thats awa, written in support of the Whigs, Charlie being Charles James Fox and Tammie Thomas Erskine

Original manuscript of the Epilogue to the Idylls of the King, c1872. Artist: Alfred Lord Tennyson
Original manuscript of the Epilogue to the Idylls of the King, c1872. The original manuscript of the Epilogue to the Idylls of the King, a poetic work by Alfred Lord Tennyson

Hymn before Sunrise in the Vale of Chamouny, first printed in 1802. Artist: Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Hymn before Sunrise in the Vale of Chamouny, first printed in 1802. Last page of Samuel Taylor Coleridges Hymn before Sunrise in the Vale of Chamouny, a copy in the poets own hand, sent

The Fountain of Bahcesaray, 1849. Artist: Karl Briullov
The Fountain of Bahcesaray, 1849. The Fountain of Bakhchisaray is a poem by Alexander Pushkin published in 1822. Found in the collection of the A Pushkin Memorial Museum, St Petersburg

The Death of Dido, c1637-c1640. Artist: Sebastien Bourdon
The Death of Dido, c1637-c1640. Dido, Queen of Carthage, commits suicide after being abandoned by her lover, Aeneas. The story is recounted in the Aeniad, a poem by the Roman poet Virgil

Illustration for the poem The Tale of Tsar Saltan by Aleksandr Pushkin, 1905. Artist: Ivan Bilibin
Illustration for the poem The Tale of Tsar Saltan by Aleksandr Pushkin, 1905. Found in the collection of the A Pushkin Memorial Museum, St Petersburg

Folio from Mantiq al-Tayr (The Language of the Birds), by Attar, c1600. Artist: Habib Allah
Folio from Mantiq al-Tayr (The Language of the Birds), by Attar, c1600. Also known as Farid ud-Din and Attar of Nishapur, Attar (c1142-c1221) was a Persian Sufi poet

Folio from Silsilat al-dhahab (Chain of Gold), by Jami, 1587. Jami (1414-1492) was one of the last Sufi poets and one of the greatest of all Persian poets

Illustration from the poem Hudibras, by Samuel Butler, 1726. Artist: William Hogarth
Illustration from the poem Hudibras, by Samuel Butler, 1726. Hudibras is a satrical poem about the various factions involved in the English Civil War

Childe Harolds Pilgrimage, Italy, 1832. Artist: JMW Turner
Childe Harolds Pilgrimage, Italy, 1832. Scene inspired by Byrons poem. From the Tate collection, London

Jason and the Argonauts, 1655. Artist: Michel de Marolles
Jason and the Argonauts, 1655. A plate from Michel de Marolless Tableaux du Temple des Muses, Paris, 1655. Fround in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

Scamander, 1615. Artist: Leonard Gaultier
Scamander, 1615. Scamander fought on the side of the Trojans during the Trojan War. In this context, he is the personification of the Scamander River that flowed from Mount Ida across the plain

Rhodogune, 1615. Artist: Leonard Gaultier
Rhodogune, 1615. A plate from Les Images Ou Tableaux De Platte Peinture Des Deux Philostrates Sophistes Grecs, by Blaise de Vigenere, Paris, 1615. Fround in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

Comus, 1615. Artist: Leonard Gaultier
Comus, 1615. In Greek mythology, Comus or Komus is the god of festivity, revels and nocturnal dalliance. Depicted as a young man on the point of unconsciousness from drink with a wreath of flowers

The Nile, 1615. Artist: Leonard Gaultier
The Nile, 1615. A plate from Les Images Ou Tableaux De Platte Peinture Des Deux Philostrates Sophistes Grecs, by Blaise de Vigenere, Paris, 1615. Fround in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

A knight and a lady exchanging rings, c1350. Illustration from the Remedy of Fortune, a courtly love poem by Guillaume de Machaut. Here he exchanges rings with a lady

Night the Third Narcissa, title-page from the Nights of Edward Youngs Night Thoughts, c1797. Artist: William Blake
Night the Third Narcissa, title-page from the Nights of Edward Youngs Night Thoughts, c1797. In 1795 the bookseller Richard Edwards commissioned Blake to illustrate the nine Nights of Edward Youngs

Page 46 from the Nights of Edward Youngs Night Thoughts, c1797. Artist: William Blake
Page 46 from the Nights of Edward Youngs Night Thoughts, c1797. In 1795 the bookseller Richard Edwards commissioned Blake to illustrate the nine Nights of Edward Youngs Night Thoughts

Boat spread from For Reading Out Loud, a collection of poems, 1923. Artist: Lazar Markovich Lissitzky
Boat spread from For Reading Out Loud, a collection of poems, 1923

Alexander the Great (356-323 BC), 18th century. Persian manuscript in Islamic style illustrating the12th century Persian poem Book of Alexander the Great (Eskandar-nameh) by Nezami

The Nightingales Song to to the Sick Soldier, 1854. Florence Nightingale tending a sick soldier in hospital in the Crimea

Saadi in a Rose Garden, 1645. Artist: Govardhan
Saadi in a Rose Garden, 1645. From a manuscript of the Gulistan (Rose Garden), by Saadi. Saadi (c1184-c1292) was a Persian poet of the 13th century

Hell: the city of Dis, Roman god of the underworld, 1863. Artist: Gustave Dore
Hell: the city of Dis, Roman god of the underworld, 1863. Dante and Virgil observing sinners burning in Hell. From Inferno, first part of Divina Commedia by Dante Alighieri

The Argonauts finding the Golden Fleece, 1556
The Argonauts finding the Golden Fleece, a fleece placed in a spring by the Colchians to collect alluvial gold dust, 1556

Forces under Alaric I, King of the Visigoths, in battle, c410 (1654). Artist: Francois Chauveau
Forces under Alaric I, King of the Visigoths, in battle, c410 (1654).Alaric (c370-410) ruled the Visigoths (western Goths) from 395

Forces under Alaric I, King of the Visigoths from 395, sacking Rome, 410 (1654). Artist: Francois Chauveau
Forces under Alaric I, King of the Visigoths from 395, sacking Rome, 410 (1654). Alaric (c370-410) ruled the Visigoths (western Goths) from 395

Excerpt from the Bhagavad-Gita (The Song of the Blessed), North Indian manuscript, 18th century. The Bhagavad-Gita, (The Song of the Blessed)

Krishna, Hindu deity, an avatar of Vishnu, 17th century. Illustration for the epic poem Mahabharata showing the hero Arjuna in a carriage behind Krishna mounted on a horse. From the British Museum

On the sinking of the Lusitania, 1915. Britannia to America: In silence you have looked on felon blows, On butchers work of which the waste lands reek; Now, in Gods name

Illustration for the poem Last Words by Owen Meredith, 1860. Artist: John Everett Millais
Illustration for the poem Last Words by Owen Meredith, 1860. Will watching and listening at his friends deathbed. Owen Meredith was the pseudonym of Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton (1831-1891)

Dante and Virgil looking down upon souls in torment in the inferno, 1863. Artist: Gustave Dore
Dante and Virgil looking down upon souls in torment in the inferno, 1863. Italian poet Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) was a great admirer of Virgil, and in his Divina Commedia (Divine Comedy)

The Children of the Poor (Les Enfants Pauvres) - The Ragged Babes That Weep, c1875. Artist: T Cobb
The Children of the Poor (Les Enfants Pauvres) - The Ragged Babes That Weep, c1875. Miserable, ragged, undernourished children

The Fairy Queens Messenger, c1870. Artist: Richard Doyle
The Fairy Queens Messenger, c1870. Illustration for a poem by William Allingham, showing a fairy sitting on the back of a stag beetle

William Blake (1757-1827), English mystic, poet, painter and engraver, 1804-1820. Artist: William Blake
William Blake (1757-1827), English mystic, poet, painter and engraver, 1804-1820. Blakes own engraving for a plate to accompany his poem Jerusalem (1804-1820)

Battle scene from Homers Iliad, c300 BC. The Iliad is an epic poem describing the final year of the legendary war between the Ancient Greeks and Troy, fought in the 12th or 13th century BC

Ship of Odysseus (Ulysses), King of Ithaca
Ship of Odysseus (Ulysses) King of Ithaca. His adventures are told in Homers Odyssey. Warned by the sorceress Circe of the danger of the irresistible song of the Sirens

Cleopatra VII (69-30 BC), Queen of Egypt, dissolving pearls in wine, 1866. Artist: Frederick Augustus Sandys
Cleopatra VII (69-30 BC), Queen of Egypt, dissolving pearls in wine, 1866. Cleopatra was the last ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty, established when Alexander the Great conquered Egypt in 332 BC

Alfred Tennyson, lst Baron Tennyson (1809-1892), English poet, 1855. Tennyson succeeded William Wordsworth as Poet Laureate in 1850

Pan playing his pipes, Wood engraving, London, 1862. Artist: Frederic Leighton
Pan playing his pipes, Wood engraving, London, 1862. Illustration by Lord Leighton (1830-96) for Elizabeth Barrett Brownings poem A Musical Instrument What is he doing

Scene from Byrons poem Mazeppa, c1820. Published in 1819, this narrative poem is based on a passage in Voltaires Charles XII

Longfellows house, c1880. Cover of sheet music of setting of Henry Wadsworth Longfellows poem The Old House by the Lindens (The Open Door) set to music by John Blockley

Robert Burns, Scottish poet, late 18th century. At the centre left is the Bridge of Doon which features in his poem Tam o Shanter (1791)

The Victim, 1868. Artist: Arthur Boyd Houghton
The Victim, 1868. Illustration by AB Houghton for Tennysons poem. An Arch-Druid is about to sacrifice the Kings son to save the people from the plague

Paul Verlaine as Decadence, c1880s. Artist: Emile Cohl
Paul Verlaine as Decadence, c1880s. Caricature of French poet Paul Marie Verlaine (1844-1896), published in Les Hommes d Aujourd hui, (The Men of Today)

Paolo and Francesca, early 20th century. Illustration of the poem by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)

Valentine card with golfing theme, Germany, 1912. Made in Saxony for export to the United States

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