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Poem Collection (page 12)

Background imagePoem Collection: ESPINEL, Vicente (1550-1624). Spanish musician

ESPINEL, Vicente (1550-1624). Spanish musician and classic poet. Engraving

Background imagePoem Collection: BALAGUER CIRERA, Victor (1824-1901). Catalan Spanish

BALAGUER CIRERA, Victor (1824-1901). Catalan Spanish politician and author, one of the main figures of Renaixen硠 movement. Engraving

Background imagePoem Collection: LAMARTINE, Alphonse de (1790-1869). French politician

LAMARTINE, Alphonse de (1790-1869). French politician and romantic poet. Illustration of Jocelyn. 1836. Engraving

Background imagePoem Collection: MARMOL, Jos頨1817-1871). Argentine journalist

MARMOL, Jos頨1817-1871). Argentine journalist
MARMOL, Jos頨 1817-1871). Argentine journalist, politician, librarian, and writer of the Romantic school. Engraving

Background imagePoem Collection: ASCASUBI, Hilario (1807-1875). Argentinian poet

ASCASUBI, Hilario (1807-1875). Argentinian poet. Oil. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona. Biblioteca de Catalunya (National Library of Catalonia)

Background imagePoem Collection: ROSTAND, Edmond (1868-1918). French poet and playwright

ROSTAND, Edmond (1868-1918). French poet and playwright. Cyrano de Bergerac

Background imagePoem Collection: BOIARDO, Matteo Maria (1434-1494). Italian Renaissance

BOIARDO, Matteo Maria (1434-1494). Italian Renaissance poet. Engraving

Background imagePoem Collection: STORNI, Alfonsina (1892-1938). Latin-American poets

STORNI, Alfonsina (1892-1938). Latin-American poets of the modernist period. Poesic; in餩 tas y 餩 tas. Engraving. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid

Background imagePoem Collection: WWI Poster, What Burns said

WWI Poster, What Burns said
WWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, What Burns said in 1782 holds good in 1915. Take his tip. (Go and be a soldier.) Date: 1915

Background imagePoem Collection: Abdullah cigarettes advertisement, WW1

Abdullah cigarettes advertisement, WW1
Advertisement for Abdullah cigarettes during the First World War with a poem entitled, Cheero! reflecting the British Armys obsession with cigarettes or smokes

Background imagePoem Collection: Suffragette in Snow Votes for Women

Suffragette in Snow Votes for Women. A lone suffragette holding a banner stands in the snow and ice. The caption reads, And loud that clarion voice replied

Background imagePoem Collection: WW1 knitting postcard - Absent yet Near

WW1 knitting postcard - Absent yet Near
A young wife sits at home knitting comforts for the troops with her soldier husband very much in her thoughts, subliminally sending her a loving, but rather bad poem. Date: c.1915

Background imagePoem Collection: AW H Goss horseshoe adapted for WWI patriotic sale

AW H Goss horseshoe adapted for WWI patriotic sale
A W. H. Goss horseshoe adapted for First World War patriotic sale together with the badge of the Liverpool Regiment. Also has a poem and a legend.. Commemorative Ware

Background imagePoem Collection: AB R & Co patriotic china bulldog with laurel wreath

AB R & Co patriotic china bulldog with laurel wreath
A B. R. & Co. patriotic china bulldog with laurel wreath and Union flag. With a poem by Burns - Be Briton still to Britain true, among oursels united, for never but British hands

Background imagePoem Collection: French and German Jewish soldiers celebrating Yom Kippur

French and German Jewish soldiers celebrating Yom Kippur
Kerchief printed in red and black with scene of French and German Jewish soldiers in the Franco-Prussian war celebrating Yom Kippur at an open air servicebefore Metz in 1870

Background imagePoem Collection: Plate inscribed with parodic verses, WW1

Plate inscribed with parodic verses, WW1
Plate inscribed Here with a loaf of bread, beneath the bow. A muttered curse, but ne er a whine, and thou - beside me, singing in the wilderness. The wilderness is paradise, enow

Background imagePoem Collection: Duds quoth the Raven

Duds quoth the Raven

Background imagePoem Collection: George R. Sims Dagonet Ballads - The Workhouse

George R. Sims Dagonet Ballads - The Workhouse
An illustration inspired by In the Workhouse: Christmas Day - better known as Christmas Day in the Workhouse - one of the Dagonet Ballads written by George R Sims in 1877

Background imagePoem Collection: Omar the Optimist by Bruce Bairnsfather

Omar the Optimist by Bruce Bairnsfather
Omar the Optimist " Here with a loaf of bread beneath the row, A muttered curse, but ne er a whine, and thou- Beside me, singing in the wilderness

Background imagePoem Collection: The Zep That Bill Built

The Zep That Bill Built
A poetic spoof of the rhyme, The House that Jack Built, telling the tale of a zeppelin built by the Germans and its eventual sinking by the British. Date: 1915

Background imagePoem Collection: Bookmark with design and poem

Bookmark with design and poem
Bookmark with design of trees and a poem by W H Davies. Date: 20th century

Background imagePoem Collection: Gustave Nadaud Photo

Gustave Nadaud Photo
GUSTAVE NADAUD French poet, singer, musician, best-known for his poem on never having visited Carcassonne. Photo 1880. Date: 1820 - 1893

Background imagePoem Collection: Annie Wilson

Annie Wilson
ANNIE WILSON - innkeepers wife and guide to Rosslyn Chapel, Edinburgh, where she perpetuated such legends as the Apprentices Pillar. Burns wrote a poem in her praise. Date: CIRCA 1780

Background imagePoem Collection: William Thom, Poet

William Thom, Poet
WILLIAM THOM Scottish weaver and poet, best-known for his poem The mitherless bairn which I haven t read because it is probably rather sad. Date: 1799 - 1848

Background imagePoem Collection: Tennyson / Hallam Slabs

Tennyson / Hallam Slabs
Memorial tablets to Tennysons friends Arthur and Henry Hallam, in Clevedon church. His poem In Memoriam was a tribute to Arthur. Date: 1809 - 1892

Background imagePoem Collection: Joseph Poniatowski

Joseph Poniatowski
JOSEPH ANTOINE PONIATOWSKI Marechal de France - but you ll need to read Berangers poem to learn whats going on in this picture. Date: 1763 - 1813

Background imagePoem Collection: Illustration to a Poem

Illustration to a Poem. Maclise, Daniel 1806 - 1870

Background imagePoem Collection: British Army camp in the Castle Yard, Carlisle Castle

British Army camp in the Castle Yard, Carlisle Castle, Carlisle, Cumbria, England. The card bears a really quite remarkable (vaguely patriotic) poetic quote by Hugh Falconer Date: circa 1910s

Background imagePoem Collection: Couple enjoying a romantic picnic under a tree

Couple enjoying a romantic picnic under a tree
A Book of Verses undeneah the bough - A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread and Thou - Beside me singing in the wilderness - Oh Wilderness were Paradise enow! (Omar Khayyam) Date: 1901

Background imagePoem Collection: Lord Kitchener - WWI era

Lord Kitchener - WWI era
Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (1850-1916) - WWI era - fantastic postcard showing Kitchener in full length, flanked by British soldiers early military aircraft and flags

Background imagePoem Collection: Medals of Valour for Heroes of Pit Disasters

Medals of Valour for Heroes of Pit Disasters
Postcard celebrating (with a poem) the medals of Valour awarded by King Edward VII to the Heroes of the Pit Disasters at Whitehaven

Background imagePoem Collection: Cupid with flaming torch and flower

Cupid with flaming torch and flower. Engraving, probably by (or after) Thomas Holloway, from Erasmus Darwin, The Botanic Garden: a poem in two parts. Page viii, Proem of Vol. 2. Date: 1791-94

Background imagePoem Collection: Flora at play with Cupid

Flora at play with Cupid. Engraving by S. Alkin, from Erasmus Darwin, The Botanic Garden: a poem in two parts. Frontispiece for Vol.2. Date: 1791-94

Background imagePoem Collection: Flora attired by the elements

Flora attired by the elements. Engraving by Anker Smith, from Erasmus Darwin, The Botanic Garden: a poem in two parts.Frontispiece for Vol.1. Date: 1791-94

Background imagePoem Collection: Elephant; Walk Quietly

Elephant; Walk Quietly
A Natural History Museum poster with an elephant design asking visitors to walk quietly. 1968

Background imagePoem Collection: Poem by Mary Anning (1799-1871)

Poem by Mary Anning (1799-1871)
Encomium Murchisonaum, a poem written c. 1840s by Mary Anning in honour of the geologist Sir Roderick Impey Murchison (1792-1871). Page 2 of 3

Background imagePoem Collection: Poems by Mary Anning (1799-1871)

Poems by Mary Anning (1799-1871)
Encomium Murchisonaum, a poem written c. 1840 s. Page 3 of 3. The Complaint of a sunbeam against Dr Faraday, written in honour of the English physicist and chemist Michael Faraday (1791-1867)

Background imagePoem Collection: ROUSSEAU, Jean Baptiste (1670-1741). French poet

ROUSSEAU, Jean Baptiste (1670-1741). French poet. Etching. SPAIN. Madrid. National Library

Background imagePoem Collection: VENTADORN, Bernat de (12th-13th century). Proven硬

VENTADORN, Bernat de (12th-13th century). Proven硬; song book. French manuscript 12473, page 15. Miniature Painting

Background imagePoem Collection: Dinis, called El Liberal (1261-1325). King

Dinis, called El Liberal (1261-1325). King
" Dinis, called " El Liberal" (1261-1325). King of Portugal (1279-1325)."

Background imagePoem Collection: MENDES DE BESTEIROS, Alfonso. Portuguese troubadour

MENDES DE BESTEIROS, Alfonso. Portuguese troubadour. Cantiga by Alfonso Mendes. Poem n 1558. Cod. 10941. PORTUGAL. Lisbon. National Library

Background imagePoem Collection: RIBA, Carles (1893-1959). Spanish writer in Catalan

RIBA, Carles (1893-1959). Spanish writer in Catalan
" RIBA, Carles (1893-1959). Spanish writer in Catalan language. " Tannka" (traditional Japanese verse form) by Carles Riba, illustrated by Jaume Pla i Pallej஦ quot;

Background imagePoem Collection: SAGARRA, Josep Maria de (1894-1961). Spanish

SAGARRA, Josep Maria de (1894-1961). Spanish

Background imagePoem Collection: AURENGA, Raimbaut d (1147-1173). Proven硬minstrel

AURENGA, Raimbaut d (1147-1173). Proven硬minstrel
" AURENGA, Raimbaut d (1147-1173). Proven硬 minstrel. " Can篮 er Gil" by Raimbaut d Aurenga, fol. 47r. with the poem " Bona dona un consell vos deman"

Background imagePoem Collection: Cantar de Mio Cid ( The Lay of the Cid ). Anonymous

Cantar de Mio Cid ( The Lay of the Cid ). Anonymous
" Cantar de Mio Cid (" The Lay of the Cid" ). Anonymous poem. Circa 1140-1200. First page of a manuscript copy by Juan Ruiz de Ulibarri. Burgos, 1596. SPAIN. Madrid

Background imagePoem Collection: MARAGALL i GORINA, Joan (1860-1911). Spanish

MARAGALL i GORINA, Joan (1860-1911). Spanish

Background imagePoem Collection: LERMONTOV, Mikhail Yuryevich (1814-1841). Russian

LERMONTOV, Mikhail Yuryevich (1814-1841). Russian poet. Portrait

Background imagePoem Collection: DONNE, John (1572-1631). British poet and theologian

DONNE, John (1572-1631). British poet and theologian. Etching



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