Poems Collection

Map of the Wessex of the Novels and Poems of Thomas Hardy (engraving)
6026362 Map of the Wessex of the Novels and Poems of Thomas Hardy (engraving) by Walker, Emery (1851-1933); Private Collection; (add.info.: Map of the Wessex of the Novels and Poems of Thomas Hardy)

Robin Redbreast
Poem by M. Nightingale about the robin, featuring a lovely decoration by Gladys M. Rees. Date: 1939

Guy de Maupassant, French writer
Guy de Maupassant ( Henri Rene Albert Guy de Maupassant ), French writer of novels, short stories and poems

Illustration for the poem Mariana by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, 1875 (albumen
XJF438478 Illustration for the poem Mariana by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, 1875 (albumen print) by Cameron, Julia Margaret (1815-79); Private Collection; (add.info.: Alfred)

Illustration for the poem Maud by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, 1865 (albumen print)
XJF438475 Illustration for the poem Maud by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, 1865 (albumen print) by Cameron, Julia Margaret (1815-79); Private Collection; (add.info.: Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-92)

There is no breeze to cool the heat of love
3780076 There is no breeze to cool the heat of love by Shaw, Byam (1872-1919); (add.info.: There is no breeze to cool the heat of love, poem from The Garden of Kama and other love lyrics from India)

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

Suffragette Poetry Holloway Jingles. A collection of poems written in Holloway Prison during March and April 1912 and published by the Glasgow Branch of the Womens Social & Political Union

Robert Burns, Scottish poet
Robert Burns (1759-1796), Scottish poet. Date: 1866

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)

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

Burns / Now Westlin Winds
NOW WESTLIN WINDS But Peggy dear the ev nings clear, Thick flies the skimming swallow, The sky is blue, the fields in view, All fading green and yellow

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)

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)

Mathilde Wesendonck
MATHILDE WESENDONCK (or Wesendonk) German poet who though married infatuated Richard Wagner who set her poems to music - the Wesendonck Lieder

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)

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 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)

The parting of David and Jonathan (engraving)
2795183 The parting of David and Jonathan (engraving) by Rhead, Louis John (1857-1926); Private Collection; (add.info.: The parting of David and Jonathan)

Satan resting on the Mountain (engraving)
1103705 Satan resting on the Mountain (engraving) by Dore, Gustave (1832-83) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Satan resting on the Mountain)

Carmina Burana 13th C
A page from a Latin manuscript of the Carmina Burana, a collection of poems, songs and short plays; published in 1847 by Johann Schmeller, the name means songs of Beuren Date: 13th century

Knight with Eagle Crest
Hartmann von Aue, German epic poet and minnesinger, died between 1210 and 1220. Famous for the epic poems Erec, Iwein, Gregorius and Der Arme Heinrich

ADA NEGRI Italian teacher and writer, publishing poems and political, mystical and feminist works

George Herbert and William Cowper window, Westminster Abbey, London (chromolitho)
668312 George Herbert and William Cowper window, Westminster Abbey, London (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: George Herbert and William Cowper window)

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

Percy Bysshe Shelley: Illustration for To a Slylark (engraving)
5991386 Percy Bysshe Shelley: Illustration for To a Slylark (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: To a Slylark)

The Pipes Of Lucknow (colour litho)
3651564 The Pipes Of Lucknow (colour litho) by Rainey, William (1852-1936) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Pipes Of Lucknow)

Oh! wert thou in the cauld blast, on yonder lea (engraving)
1622223 Oh! wert thou in the cauld blast, on yonder lea (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Oh! wert thou in the cauld blast, on yonder lea)

Illustration of Carolina Oliphants poem Bonnie Charlie (colour litho)
3094456 Illustration of Carolina Oliphants poem Bonnie Charlie (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Loss Of The Birkenhead (colour litho)
3651563 The Loss Of The Birkenhead (colour litho) by Rainey, William (1852-1936) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Loss Of The Birkenhead. ")

Here With A Little Bread Beneath The Bough, A Flask Of Wine, A Book Of Verse - And Thou Beside Me Singing In The Wilderness Oh, Wilderness Were Paradise Enow

Earth Could Not Answer: Nor The Seas That Mourn In Flowing Purple, Of Their Lord Forlorn; Nor Heaven, With Those Eternal Signs Reveal And Hidden By The Sleeve Of Night And Morn

For Some We Loved, The Loveliest And The Best That From His Vintage Rolling Time Has Prest, Have Drunk Their Cup A Round Or Two Before, And One By One Crept Silently To Rest

Look To The Blowing Rose About US - "lo, Laughing, "She Says, "into The World I Blow
Look To The Blowing Rose About US - " lo, Laughing, " She Says, " into The World I Blow: At Once The Silken Tassel Of My Purse Tear, And Its Treasure On The Garden Throw

O Hark! O Hear!, illustration to The Princess by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
XJF438467 O Hark! O Hear!, illustration to The Princess by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, 1875 (albumen print) by Cameron, Julia Margaret (1815-79); Private Collection; (add.info)

Boy in Bed with Soldiers
The Land of the Counterpane: " When I was sick & lay a-bed, I had two pillows at my head, & all my toys beside me lay, To keep me happy all the day."

R L Stevenson / Poems
To Auntie: " Chief of our aunts - not only I, But all your dozen nurselings cry..."

Milton / Poems 1645
JOHN MILTON English poet

Frugoni in Arcadia, 1763 (oil on canvas)
8620001 Frugoni in Arcadia, 1763 (oil on canvas) by Ferrari, Pietro Melchiorre (1735-1787); Galleria Nazionale (Complesso Monumentale della Pilotta), Parma, Emilia-Romagna

Scene from, How the Black Death came to Bergen, AD 1348 (engraving)
8631368 Scene from, How the Black Death came to Bergen, AD 1348 (engraving) by Jacomb-Hood, George Percy (1857-1930) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Scene)

The safest asylum is a mother's breast, 19th century (illustration)
8822188 The safest asylum is a mother's breast, 19th century (illustration) by Grandville (Jean Ignace Isidore Gerard) (1803-47); Private Collection; (add.info)

Sketch for Frontispiece Illustration for Living English Poets, 1882 (drawing)
8620228 Sketch for Frontispiece Illustration for Living English Poets, 1882 (drawing) by Crane, Walter (1845-1915); William Morris Gallery, Walthamstow

Oscar Wilde in America in 1882 (print)
3701783 Oscar Wilde in America in 1882 (print) by Sarony, Napoleon (1821-96) (after); (add.info.: After a work by American photographer Napoleon Sarony)

Moeris And Galatea, From Virgil's Eclogues, 1884. Creator: Samuel Palmer
Moeris And Galatea, From Virgil's Eclogues, 1884

A little line from your Valentine will turn it upside down (colour litho)
8656777 A little line from your Valentine will turn it upside down (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: If your face is doleful and inclined to frown)

Lost an individual, tangible and real (colour litho)
8656740 Lost an individual, tangible and real (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lost)

Illustration for Homer's Odyssey (litho)
8666609 Illustration for Homer's Odyssey (litho) by Wilson, Patten (1868-1928) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Odysseus and Laertes)

Illustration for Homer's Odyssey (litho)
8666602 Illustration for Homer's Odyssey (litho) by Wilson, Patten (1868-1928) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The arrival at Ithaca)

Giovanni Battista Niccolini, Italian poet and playwright (engraving)
8626290 Giovanni Battista Niccolini, Italian poet and playwright (engraving) by Ussi, Stefano (1822-1901); Private Collection; (add.info.: Giovanni Battista Niccolini (1782-1861)

Giuseppe Gioachino Belli, Italian poet (engraving)
8626285 Giuseppe Gioachino Belli, Italian poet (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Giuseppe Gioachino Belli (1791-1863), Italian poet

Giacomo Leopardi, Italian philosopher, poet and philologist (engraving)
8626279 Giacomo Leopardi, Italian philosopher, poet and philologist (engraving) by Morelli, Domenico (1826-1901); Private Collection; (add.info.: Giacomo Leopardi (1798-1837), Italian philosopher

Giosue Carducci, Italian poet and critic (engraving)
8626263 Giosue Carducci, Italian poet and critic (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Giosue Carducci (1835-1907), Italian poet and critic

Scene from Petrarch's I Trionfi (colour litho)
8626248 Scene from Petrarch's I Trionfi (colour litho) by Italian School, (15th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Triumph of Time)

Pigs feeding on acorns beneath an oak tree (colour litho)
8626080 Pigs feeding on acorns beneath an oak tree (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pigs feeding on acorns beneath an oak tree)

Statue of a Poetess
7287251 Statue of a Poetess; Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; (add.info.: Statue of a Poetess. The body is a 2nd century AD Roman copy of a 4th century BC original)

Portrait of Jose Velarde Yusti, Spanish poet (1848-1892), 19th century (oil on canvas)
AIS5339918 Portrait of Jose Velarde Yusti, Spanish poet (1848-1892), 19th century (oil on canvas); (add.info.: Athenee of Madrid.); © Iberfoto

Frontispiece of "Metamorphoses" of the Latin poet Publius Ovidius Naso called Ovide (43 BC 18)
AIS5352020 Frontispiece of "Metamorphoses" of the Latin poet Publius Ovidius Naso called Ovide (43 BC 18) 1584 (engraving); © Iberfoto

The Raven, 1875 (book cover)
8698268 The Raven, 1875 (book cover) by Manet, Edouard (1832-83); Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts

The Love Books of Ovid: He will tell thee how many throats he has cut (colour litho)
5224219 The Love Books of Ovid: He will tell thee how many throats he has cut (colour litho) by Bosschere, Jean de (1878-1953); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Love Books of Ovid: Let her body become a living letter (colour litho)
5224214 The Love Books of Ovid: Let her body become a living letter (colour litho) by Bosschere, Jean de (1878-1953); Private Collection; (add.info.: Let her body become a living letter)

The Love Books of Ovid: The unforeseen encounter of some passionate lovers (colour litho)
5224213 The Love Books of Ovid: The unforeseen encounter of some passionate lovers (colour litho) by Bosschere, Jean de (1878-1953); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Love Books of Ovid: To press her softly to my side (colour litho)
5224208 The Love Books of Ovid: To press her softly to my side (colour litho) by Bosschere, Jean de (1878-1953); Private Collection; (add.info.: To press her softly to my side)

The Love Books of Ovid: Accompanied by a hound with a keen scent (colour litho)
5224196 The Love Books of Ovid: Accompanied by a hound with a keen scent (colour litho) by Bosschere, Jean de (1878-1953); Private Collection; (add.info.: Accompanied by a hound with a keen scent)

Illustration from a 1900 edition of fables by Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695)
UIG5636430 Illustration from a 1900 edition of fables by Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695), French fabulist and one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century

Fables: illustration for "The Emperor's Clothing" by Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875)
FGL5466488 Fables: illustration for "The Emperor's Clothing" by Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875), collection of 19th century fables.; Fototeca Gilardi

Fables: popular print from the half of the 19th century illustrating the fable of Hans Christian Andersen "The
FGL5466480 Fables: popular print from the half of the 19th century illustrating the fable of Hans Christian Andersen "The Little Matchman".; Fototeca Gilardi

Illustration for "Le Cid", 1802 (engraving)
FGL5494021 Illustration for "Le Cid", 1802 (engraving); (add.info.: Illustration of "The Cid" poem by Guillen de Castro (1569-1631) (1618)

Battle scene, Illustration for "Le Cid" 1802 (engraving)
FGL5493995 Battle scene, Illustration for "Le Cid" 1802 (engraving); (add.info.: Illustration of "The Cid" poem by Guillen de Castro (1569-1631) (1618)

Battle scene, Illustration for "Le Cid"1802 (engraving)
FGL5493971 Battle scene, Illustration for "Le Cid"1802 (engraving); (add.info.: Illustration of "The Cid" poem by Guillen de Castro (1569-1631) (1618)

Illustration for "Le Cid", 1802 (engraving)
FGL5493936 Illustration for "Le Cid", 1802 (engraving); (add.info.: Illustration of "The Cid" poem by Guillen de Castro (1569-1631) (1618)

Illustration for "Le Cid", 1802 (engraving)
FGL5493989 Illustration for "Le Cid", 1802 (engraving); (add.info.: Illustration of "The Cid" poem by Guillen de Castro (1569-1631) (1618)

Illustration for "Le Cid", 1802 (engraving)
FGL5493974 Illustration for "Le Cid", 1802 (engraving); (add.info.: Illustration of "The Cid" poem by Guillen de Castro (1569-1631) (1618)

Wedding of Rodrigo (Rodrigue) Diaz count of Bivar (El Cid) and Chimene, Illustration for "Le Cid" 1802
FGL5493955 Wedding of Rodrigo (Rodrigue) Diaz count of Bivar (El Cid) and Chimene, Illustration for "Le Cid" 1802 (engraving); (add.info)

Illustration for "Le Cid", 1802 (engraving)
FGL5493950 Illustration for "Le Cid", 1802 (engraving); (add.info.: Illustration of "The Cid" poem by Guillen de Castro (1569-1631) (1618)

Portrait of the French poet Pierre de Ronsard (1524-1585) Etching of the 18th century
FGL5483129 Portrait of the French poet Pierre de Ronsard (1524-1585) Etching of the 18th century; Fototeca Gilardi

Illustration for Les Destinees a collection of French poems by Alfred Victor, Comte de Vigny (engraving)
5669451 Illustration for Les Destinees a collection of French poems by Alfred Victor, Comte de Vigny (engraving); (add.info.: Illustration by G. Bellenger); Universal History Archive/UIG

Illustration from a 1900 edition of fables by Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695)
UIG5636538 Illustration from a 1900 edition of fables by Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695), French fabulist and one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century

Illustration from a 1900 edition of fables by Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695)
UIG5636507 Illustration from a 1900 edition of fables by Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695), French fabulist and one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century

Illustration from a 1900 edition of fables by Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695)
UIG5636505 Illustration from a 1900 edition of fables by Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695), French fabulist and one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century

Illustration from a 1900 edition of fables by Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695)
UIG5636467 Illustration from a 1900 edition of fables by Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695), French fabulist and one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century

Illustration from a 1900 edition of fables by Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695)
UIG5636450 Illustration from a 1900 edition of fables by Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695), French fabulist and one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century

Muse (engraving)
8629333 Muse (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Muse. Illustration for The History of the Irish Nation by M F Cusack (J G Murdoch)

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"Exploring the Beauty of Poems: A Journey through Art and Literature" Immerse yourself in the enchanting world as we embark on a visual tour, guided by captivating illustrations and timeless verses. Begin your adventure with a glimpse into Wessex, the literary landscape that inspired Thomas Hardy's novels and poems. The intricately engraved map unveils the settings where his words came to life, transporting readers to an era filled with passion and melancholy. As you wander further, encounter a vibrant Robin Redbreast perched upon a branch, its presence echoing the delicate melodies woven within poetic lines. This illustration serves as a reminder that nature often becomes an exquisite muse for writers seeking solace or inspiration. Delve into Alfred, Lord Tennyson's masterpiece "Maud, " captured in an albumen print from 1865. The image brings forth emotions evoked by this renowned poem, allowing us to witness love's complexities amidst Victorian society. Guy de Maupassant emerges next—a French writer whose prose dances effortlessly between reality and imagination. His works remind us that poetry can exist not only in rhymes but also in vivid narratives that stir our souls. Marvel at another creation born from Tennyson's pen—this time "Mariana. " An albumen print from 1875 breathes life into Mariana's solitude while showcasing her resilience against despair—an enduring theme explored throughout literature. Robert Burns takes center stage—a Scottish poet whose verses capture both heartache and joy. His words resonate across generations, reminding us of poetry's ability to transcend time and touch countless hearts. Witness World War I come alive through knitting needles intertwined with Jessie Pope's poignant poem "The NeedleWorker. " This powerful combination showcases how artistry intertwines with patriotism during times of turmoil. Night descends gracefully upon Florence Harrison's illustration accompanying Tennyson’s poem "The Gardener s". It invites contemplation under the moonlit sky, where verses bloom like flowers in a secret garden.