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Verse Collection (page 17)

Background imageVerse Collection: The Bells, illustration by William Heath Robinson

The Bells, illustration by William Heath Robinson
The Bells, a poem by Edgar Allan Poe, illustration by William Heath Robinson (1900). Showing a group of frantic-looking bellringers pulling on ropes. Credit must appear as: Courtesy of Mrs J. C

Background imageVerse Collection: Cartoon, End of the Irish Farce of Catholic Emancipation

Cartoon, End of the Irish Farce of Catholic Emancipation, by James Gillray. Showing a scene outside Heaven, with St Peter at the gate of Popish Supremacy and a crowd of Catholic priests and clergy

Background imageVerse Collection: Illustration, A Song of the English, British Empire

Illustration, A Song of the English, British Empire
Illustration to A Song of the English, a patriotic set of poems by Rudyard Kipling (first published in the English Illustrated Magazine). My arm is nothing weak, My strength is not gone by

Background imageVerse Collection: Illustration, A Song of the English, Auckland

Illustration, A Song of the English, Auckland
Illustration to A Song of the English, a patriotic set of poems by Rudyard Kipling (first published in the English Illustrated Magazine). Auckland -- Last, loneliest, loveliest, exquisite, apart

Background imageVerse Collection: Illustration, A Song of the English, Capetown

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

Background imageVerse Collection: Illustration, A Song of the English, Halifax

Illustration, A Song of the English, Halifax
Illustration to A Song of the English, a patriotic set of poems by Rudyard Kipling (first published in the English Illustrated Magazine). Halifax -- Into the mist my guardian prows put forth

Background imageVerse Collection: Illustration, A Song of the English, Deep Sea Cables

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

Background imageVerse Collection: Illustration, A Song of the English, The Sea

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

Background imageVerse Collection: Illustration, A Song of the English, Lions

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

Background imageVerse Collection: Illustration, A Song of the English, Campfire

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

Background imageVerse Collection: The Cottage Homes of England

The Cottage Homes of England
A verse from Felicia Dorothea Hemans poem The Homes of England (often referred to by its first line, The Stately Homes of England ) illustrated with an archetypal Englishman outside his cottage

Background imageVerse Collection: Advertisement for Holbrooks Fruit Sauce

Advertisement for Holbrooks Fruit Sauce
Back of an advertisement for Holbrooks Fruit Sauce, of two bottles side by side -- actually an opened out needle holder. The verse describes how a husband would not eat any meat until his wife bought

Background imageVerse Collection: Illustration, Hassan by James Elroy Flecker

Illustration, Hassan by James Elroy Flecker
Illustration to Hassan (The Story of Hassan of Baghdad and How he Came to Make the Golden Journey to Samarkand), a verse drama by James Elroy Flecker, with illustrations by Thomas Mackenzie

Background imageVerse Collection: Book cover design, Hassan by James Elroy Flecker

Book cover design, Hassan by James Elroy Flecker
Book cover design in red and gold, Hassan (The Story of Hassan of Baghdad and How he Came to Make the Golden Journey to Samarkand), a verse drama by James Elroy Flecker

Background imageVerse Collection: WW2 greetings card, To Daddy

WW2 greetings card, To Daddy. Date: circa 1942

Background imageVerse Collection: WW2 Christmas card, sailor and flag

WW2 Christmas card, sailor and flag
WW2 Christmas card, sailor, flag and aircraft. Date: circa 1942

Background imageVerse Collection: God Save the King 1

God Save the King 1
Black and white lantern slide of the first verse of the National Anthem. Roman typography with a Gothic style title. Part of Box 195 entitled Curtains & Flags Date: circa 1911

Background imageVerse Collection: God Save the King 2

God Save the King 2
Black and white lantern slide of the third verse of the National Anthem. Roman typography style.. Part of Box 195 entitled Curtains & Flags Date: circa 1911

Background imageVerse Collection: National Anthem

National Anthem
Coloured lantern slide illustrating the third verse of the national anthem. The scene features a memorial of King Edward VII and Alexandra, and an array of gifts around the words

Background imageVerse Collection: German postcard, greetings from the Mosel

German postcard, greetings from the Mosel (Moselle), with a man enjoying a glass of wine, and a verse advising people not to drink too quickly, but to drink a lot, slowly, and enjoy it!

Background imageVerse Collection: The Anti-Suffragist

The Anti-Suffragist. Depicts a butterfly refusing to emerge from its chrysalis. Verse by C.P. Stetson, (Charlotte Perkins Gilman) Illustrated by Ernestine Mills. Date: circa 1908

Background imageVerse Collection: 87 mm German engraved artillery shell case - Bezalel School

87 mm German engraved artillery shell case - Bezalel School
77 mm. German artillery shell case engraved at the Bezalel School in Jerusalem. Inlaid silver and copper damascene work with a date tree surmounting a brass etched vignette of Rachels Tomb supported

Background imageVerse 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 imageVerse Collection: Illustrated page, stork and baby, by Muriel Dawson

Illustrated page, stork and baby, by Muriel Dawson
Illustrated page, showing a stork and baby, with a verse below, by Muriel Dawson. Date: 1920s

Background imageVerse Collection: Man harvesting in a field, He Also Serves, WW1

Man harvesting in a field, He Also Serves, WW1
He Also Serves. A man harvesting in a field at the start of the First World War. The verse below says: He serves no less who toils to save / The harvest for his native land. Date: August 1914

Background imageVerse Collection: Louise Colet Photo

Louise Colet Photo
LOUISE COLET French writer of indifferent verse who nevertheless sustained flights of passion with de Musset, Hugo, Karr and Flaubert : photo 1874. Date: 1810 - 1871

Background imageVerse Collection: James Kenneth Stephen

James Kenneth Stephen
JAMES KENNETH STEPHEN writer, known for his light verse Date: 1859 - 1892

Background imageVerse Collection: Diodata Saluzzo-Roero

Diodata Saluzzo-Roero
DIODATA SALUZZO-ROERO prolific Italian writer who authored comedies and tragedies, and novellas, as well as a great quantity of verse. Date: 1774 - 1840

Background imageVerse Collection: Stefano Egidio Petroni

Stefano Egidio Petroni
STEFANO EGIDIO PETRONI Italian writer who translated the Proverbs of Solomon into verse, having nothing better to do with his time... Date: circa 1815

Background imageVerse Collection: Stephen Phillips

Stephen Phillips
STEPHEN PHILLIPS writer of poems and verse- dramas such as Christ in Hades and The new inferno Date: 1864 - 1915

Background imageVerse Collection: William Dean Howells - 3

William Dean Howells - 3
WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS American writer, author of The rise of Silas Lapham and many other novels, also verse and criticism : regarded as the dean of American letters. Date: 1837 - 1920

Background imageVerse Collection: William Dean Howells - 1

William Dean Howells - 1
WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS American writer, author of The rise of Silas Lapham and many other novels, also verse and criticism : regarded as the dean of American letters. Date: 1837 - 1920

Background imageVerse Collection: Christmas card in the shape of a jam pot

Christmas card in the shape of a jam pot. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageVerse Collection: Cat and mouse on a pot-shaped Christmas card

Cat and mouse on a pot-shaped Christmas card
A cat and a mouse on a pot-shaped Christmas card with a comic verse. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageVerse Collection: Christmas card in the shape of a sailing boat

Christmas card in the shape of a sailing boat, with seascape and verse. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageVerse 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 imageVerse Collection: FRANCKEN II, Frans, the Younger (1581-1642)

FRANCKEN II, Frans, the Younger (1581-1642). Hagar and the Angel. Genesis, chap.16, verse 7-14. Hagar, fugitive, is found

Background imageVerse Collection: A Cake for His Majesty

A Cake for His Majesty. From Jack and Jill Book of Nursery Rhymes (also in Teddy Bear annual 1979)

Background imageVerse Collection: Charles Stuart Calverley

Charles Stuart Calverley
CHARLES STUART CALVERLEY (Born Blayds) Writer, known for his light verse. Date: 1831 - 1884

Background imageVerse Collection: Agnes Bulmer

Agnes Bulmer
AGNES BULMER (nee Collinson) English writer of religious verse, Wesleyan convert. Her The Messiahs Kingdom, of 14000 verses, may be the longest poem by a female. Date: 1775 - 1836

Background imageVerse Collection: The Verse Beginning with Wa

The Verse Beginning with Wa. Print shows a woman standing before a man sitting on the floor. Date between 1772 and 1774

Background imageVerse Collection: Greetings card from Egypt

Greetings card from Egypt

Background imageVerse Collection: Hiding from bills and debt

Hiding from bills and debt
A nursry verse wtih a grown up curse! The homeowner hides as various men he owes bills to come a knocking. Date: 1928- 1929

Background imageVerse Collection: Witch and goblins by Reverend Baden Powell

Witch and goblins by Reverend Baden Powell
A delightful and typically Victorian sketch of a witch and her goblin friends, by Reverend Baden Powell (1796-1860), father of Robert Baden Powell

Background imageVerse Collection: Railway station, Jerusalem

Railway station, Jerusalem
View of the railway station, Jerusalem, on a Christmas postcard. A verse is on the right, spelling out HAPPY CHRISTMAS. Date: early 20th century

Background imageVerse Collection: Birthday card with violets, lily of the valley and daffodils

Birthday card with violets, lily of the valley and daffodils
Sweet Thoughts and Birthday Wishes: a birthday card with a bunch of violets, daffodils and lily of the valley. Date: circa 1930s

Background imageVerse Collection: 21st birthday card with garden and fountain

21st birthday card with garden and fountain
A 21st birthday card showing a beautiful garden with a fountain at the centre. Date: 1936

Background imageVerse Collection: 21st birthday card with thatched cottage

21st birthday card with thatched cottage
A 21st birthday card, showing an idyllic thatched cottage with a beautiful garden. Date: 1936



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