Poem Collection (page 2)

Poe / Poem / The Raven / C19Th
Quoth the raven, Nevermore

Odysseus returns to his wife Penelope
Odysseus returns to his wife, Penelope, and his dog, Argos

Poe / Poem / The Raven / C19Th
The dazed & melancholy man believes the raven will leave him, as his " hopes have flown before."

Dante Alighieri, Italian poet, best known for his long narrative poem, the Divine Comedy

Dantes Inferno, suicides and the Harpies
Dantes Inferno. Canto XIII, line 11: Here [suicide tree] the brute Harpies make their nest (at right: Dante and Virgil). Italian poet Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)

Illustration for Poems by John Keats: Fancy (litho)
6001001 Illustration for Poems by John Keats: Fancy (litho) by Bell, Robert Anning (1863-1933); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fancy)

The Region of the Sun, Paradise, Canto 10 (engraving)
5214024 The Region of the Sun, Paradise, Canto 10 (engraving) by Flaxman, John (1755-1826) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Region of the Sun, Paradise, Canto 10)

Rosemary, Pansies, Fennel, Columbines, Rue, Daisy and Violets (Hamlet). Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Jane Elizabeth Giraud from The Flowers of Shakespeare

The Pied Piper Of Hamelin (engraving)
3655198 The Pied Piper Of Hamelin (engraving) by Ralston, William (1848-1911) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Pied Piper Of Hamelin)

Face on the Barroom Floor, Teller House Bar, Colorado, USA
The Face on the Barroom Floor is a painting on the floor of the Teller House Bar in Central City, Colorado, United States. It was painted in 1936 by Herndon Davis. Date: circa 1936

Lesbia and her Sparrow, 1860. Private Collection

The New Learning, c1910, (c1900-1920). Artist: Frank Cadogan Cowper
The New Learning, c1910, (c1900-1920). Erasmus (right) and Thomas More visit the children of Henry VII at Greenwich in 1499. The boy in the centre is the future King Henry VIII

Poem by Robert Herrick
Fair daffodils we weep to see you waste away ?. Illustrated poem by Robert Herrick. Artist: Joyce Mercer Date: circa 1926

The Lady of Shalott setting out on her boat for Camelot
Colour illustration of the Lady of Shalott setting out on her boat for Camelot

Joseph Berchoux - 2
JOSEPH BERCHOUX French poet who sang the praises of the culinary art in his poem La Gastronomie. Date: 1765 - 1839

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Forty Fine Ladies, with text by Patrick R Chalmers. The Huntsmans Story -- huntsmen, horses and hounds on a country road and crossing a field. Date: 1933

The NeedleWorker, WW1 knitting with Jessie Pope poem
Page from The Needle Worker from March 1915, advising readers on knitting for men and boys and featuring, The Knitting Song, a poem by Jessie Pope

DORE: THE RAVEN, 1882. Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before
DOR: THE RAVEN, 1882. Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before... Engraving by Gustave Dor, 1882, for an 1884 edition of The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe

Poetry, from an Album of Poems, Graphite Drawings & Watercolours, c. 1828
XYC286282 Poetry, from an Album of Poems, Graphite Drawings & Watercolours, c.1828 (w/c on paper) by English School, (19th century); Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, USA; English

Soviet propaganda poster from World War Two
Soviet propaganda poster, TASS Window no. 469. An heroic young female partisan resists the invading Germans. A patriotic poem by Vasyl Lebedev-Kumach appears below the image

Odysseus returns to his wife, Penelope

William Wordsworth: We Are Seven (engraving)
6025638 William Wordsworth: We Are Seven (engraving) by Foster, Myles Birket (1825-99) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: We Are Seven)

Night slid down. Illustration by Florence Harrison to Tennysons poem The Gardener s
Night slid down. Illustration by Florence Harrison to Tennysons poem The Gardeners Daughter. Date: c.1920

Napoleon Bonaparte crowning himself Emperor of France at Notre Dame, 1804. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cruikshank from The Life of Napoleon a Hudibrastic Poem by Doctor Syntax, T

Songs of Innocence and of Experience: The Tyger, ca. 1825. Creator: William Blake
Songs of Innocence and of Experience: The Tyger, ca. 1825

Vivien and Merlin, 1874. Creator: Julia Margaret Cameron
Vivien and Merlin, 1874

Kelmscott Press: Page from The Tale of Beowulf Printed in the Troy Type, c. 1895, (1914). Artist: William Morris
Kelmscott Press: Page from The Tale of Beowulf Printed in the Troy Type, c.1895, (1914). Page from The Tale of Beowulf Done Out of the Old English Tongue. Trans. By William Morris and A. J. Wyatt

The Battle of Marathon. A Poem, 1820. The Battle of Marathon by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861). Printed for W Lindsell, 87 Wimpole street, Cavendish Square. From The Connoisseur Volume XXIV

The Silver Age, 1527. Artist: Lucas Cranach the Elder
The Silver Age, 1527. Aportrayal of the second of the four Ages of the World from Ovids poem. Found in the collection of the Kunstsammlungen zu Weimar, Weimar, Germany

Satires by Juvenal
Juvenal (Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis). 1st - 2nd centuries AD. Roman poet. Satires. Start of the First Satire. Leyden, 1532

Young girl standing at a window on a Christmas card, with a poem on the left. Date: circa 1890s

Britain / 18th Century
A poem based on fact: a haughty lady in her carriage will not let a gentleman pass so he (and the rest on the street) walk through her carriage Date: 1751

Illustration, A Song of the English, Thames Embankment
Illustration to A Song of the English, a patriotic set of poems by Rudyard Kipling (first published in the English Illustrated Magazine)

Illustration to John Keats poem Endymion, engraved by F. Joubert, 1872
XJF477744 Illustration to John Keats poem Endymion, engraved by F. Joubert, 1872 (engraving) by Poynter, Edward John (1836-1919) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Land Of Counterpane (colour litho)
5217698 The Land Of Counterpane (colour litho) by Willcox Smith, Jessie (1863-1935); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Land Of Counterpane)

"There was an Old Man of Corfu, who never knew what he should do", from A Book of Nonsense
LLM386624 " There was an Old Man of Corfu, who never knew what he should do", from A Book of Nonsense, published by Frederick Warne and Co

The Beatific Vision, Paradise, Canto 33 (engraving)
5214060 The Beatific Vision, Paradise, Canto 33 (engraving) by Flaxman, John (1755-1826) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Beatific Vision, Paradise, Canto 33)

Ekalavya, 1913. Artist: Nandalal Bose
Ekalavya, 1913. In the Hindu epic, the Mahabharata, Ekalavya is a young prince of the Nishadha tribes and an excellent archer

Illustration, A Song of the English, Lighthouse
Illustration to A Song of the English, a patriotic set of poems by Rudyard Kipling (first published in the English Illustrated Magazine)

A Cradle Song, plate 25 from Songs of Innocence, 1789 (hand coloured
XYC225888 A Cradle Song, plate 25 from Songs of Innocence, 1789 (hand coloured relief etching with watercolour) by Blake, William (1757-1827); 11.4x7 cm; Yale Center for British Art, New Haven

The Six Winged Seraph, from The Prophet, by Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837)
BAL174066 The Six Winged Seraph, from The Prophet, by Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837), 1905 (charcoal and gouache on paper) by Vrubel, Mikhail Aleksandrovich (1856-1910); 46.5x32.8 cm; Pushkin Museum

Ice Skating Couple - Christmas Greetings Card. Although a UK card, it was printed in Germany and features a very teutonic-looking skating pair

The Revenge under command of Sir Richard Grenville (c1542-91) engaging Spanish fleet off Flores. Cut off from English fleet, fought until overwhelmed 1591

Lyrics by Anne Boleyn
Words by Anne Boleyn entitled O Death Rock Me On Sleep accompanied by an illustratio of the ill-fated Queen looking rather tragic. Date: 1934

Writing / Gray Poem
Part of the manuscript of his poem, Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard, inspired by a visit to Stoke Poges Churchyard, Bucks

Dante Alighieri, Italian poet, best known for his long narrative poem, the Divine Comedy

The Legend Of Britomart, Britomart And The Magic Mirror (engraving)
3628769 The Legend Of Britomart, Britomart And The Magic Mirror (engraving) by Walker, Arthur George (1861-1939); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Legend Of Britomart)

Three Part Song (colour litho)
2780494 Three Part Song (colour litho) by Maxwell, Donald (1877-1936) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Three Part Song)

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"Exploring the Depths of Poetry: A Visual Journey" Poster, Night Mail: Dive into the enchanting world of poetry as words dance across the night sky like stars, delivering messages straight to your soul. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by William McLaren: Immerse yourself in a medieval tale where chivalry meets poetic prowess, transporting you to a time of honor and adventure. I am half sick of shadows, c1911. Artist: John William Waterhouse: Step into a realm where shadows intertwine with emotions, as this captivating artwork brings Tennyson's haunting poem to life. Dante Alighieri, Italian poet, sees his beloved Beatrice: Witness an eternal love story unfold through Dante's eyes as he gazes upon his muse Beatrice in this mesmerizing depiction. The Lamb, illustration from Songs of Innocence and Experience. C1770-1820. Artist: William Blake: Delve into innocence and experience intertwined within Blake's masterpiece; let its profound verses guide your journey. Goblin Market by Pauline Baynes: Enter a mystical realm where temptation lurks amidst enchanting verses; Baynes' illustrations breathe life into Christina Rossetti's captivating poem. Beowulf manuscript page: Unearth ancient tales etched on parchment that tell stories of valor and monsters slain—a testament to the power of oral tradition preserved through verse. The Song of the Mad Prince, c1917. Artist Harry Clarke : Lose yourself in madness and melancholy as Harry Clarke captures Oscar Wilde’s poignant words with intricate illustrations that mirror their intensity. Prospect Cottage, Derek Jarmans house, with a John Donne poem The Sunne : Wander through Derek Jarman's cottage adorned with vibrant flowers while being serenaded by John Donne's timeless poetry celebrating nature’s beauty. Robin Redbreast.