Verse Collection (page 8)

Letter A, Aesthetic Anthropoid Apes Adopting Abnormally Apathetic Attitudes (colour litho)
5217827 Letter A, Aesthetic Anthropoid Apes Adopting Abnormally Apathetic Attitudes (colour litho) by Hammond, William (fl.1913); Private Collection; (add.info.: Letter A)

To Auntie (colour litho)
5217716 To Auntie (colour litho) by Willcox Smith, Jessie (1863-1935); Private Collection; (add.info.: To Auntie. What did the other children do? And what were childhood, wanting you)

The Hayloft (colour litho)
5217707 The Hayloft (colour litho) by Willcox Smith, Jessie (1863-1935); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Hayloft. Oh, what a joy to clamber there, Oh, what a place for play, With the sweet)

North-West Passage (colour litho)
5217706 North-West Passage (colour litho) by Willcox Smith, Jessie (1863-1935); Private Collection; (add.info.: North-West Passage)

The Woodcutter saves Red Riding-Hood (colour litho)
5222801 The Woodcutter saves Red Riding-Hood (colour litho) by Hassall, John (1868-1948); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Woodcutter saves Red Riding-Hood)

A Raven cried "croak"they all tumbled down (colour litho)
5222795 A Raven cried " croak" they all tumbled down (colour litho) by Hassall, John (1868-1948); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Raven cried " croak" they all tumbled down)

See! See! (colour litho)
5222754 See! See! (colour litho) by Hassall, John (1868-1948); Private Collection; (add.info.: See! See! Illustration for The Old Nursery Stories and Rhymes (Blackie, c 1910).); © Look and Learn

The Cook boxes the Scullions Ear (colour litho)
5222744 The Cook boxes the Scullions Ear (colour litho) by Hassall, John (1868-1948); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Cook boxes the Scullions Ear)

Three Blind Mice (colour litho)
5222738 Three Blind Mice (colour litho) by Hassall, John (1868-1948); Private Collection; (add.info.: Three Blind Mice. Illustration for The Old Nursery Stories and Rhymes (Blackie)

Playtime (colour litho)
5222736 Playtime (colour litho) by Hassall, John (1868-1948); Private Collection; (add.info.: Playtime. Illustration for The Old Nursery Stories and Rhymes (Blackie, c 1910).); © Look and Learn

Foreign Lands (colour litho)
5217697 Foreign Lands (colour litho) by Willcox Smith, Jessie (1863-1935); Private Collection; (add.info.: Foreign Lands. I held the trunk with both my hands / And looked abroad on foreign lands)

I took up the marrow bone and flung it at his head (colour litho)
3648713 I took up the marrow bone and flung it at his head (colour litho) by Hassall, John (1868-1948); Private Collection; (add.info.: I took up the marrow bone and flung it at his head)

Nobody asked you, sir, she said (colour litho)
3648707 Nobody asked you, sir, she said (colour litho) by Hassall, John (1868-1948); Private Collection; (add.info.: Nobody asked you, sir, she said)

Fol. 1v, Per fare una leggiadra sua vendetta, from Canzoniere e Trionfi by Petrarch, c. 1470
XOT366476 Fol. 1v, Per fare una leggiadra sua vendetta, from Canzoniere e Trionfi by Petrarch, c.1470 by Italian School, (15th century); Biblioteca Queriniana, Brescia

Ms. 392 fol. 1 Song in praise of Laure, from Sonetti, Canzoni e Triomphi by Petrarch, 1470 (vellum)
XIR182954 Ms.392 fol.1 Song in praise of Laure, from Sonetti, Canzoni e Triomphi by Petrarch, 1470 (vellum) by Italian School, (15th century); Bibliotheque Inguimbertine, Carpentras

Ms. 30141, pp172-173 (pen & ink on paper)
2919699 Ms. 30141, pp172-173 (pen & ink on paper) by British School, (19th century); The University of St. Andrews, Scotland, UK; © University of St. Andrews Library

Frontispiece from a 1860 edition of Leaves of Grass
5668975 Frontispiece from a 1860 edition of Leaves of Grass a collection of poetry by American poet Walt Whitman (engraving) by Schoff

Titlepage to the Battle Hymn of the Republic, written by Julia Ward Howe
AQS256880 Titlepage to the Battle Hymn of the Republic, written by Julia Ward Howe (1819-1910) 1862 (litho) by American School, (19th century); American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts

An early hand-made puzzle purse Valentine, c. 1790
1765072 An early hand-made puzzle purse Valentine, c.1790 by English School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: An early hand-made puzzle purse Valentine)

The Arrest of John Morgan, Esq. Merchant, Singapore, October 1824, by John Crawford Esq
1630589 The Arrest of John Morgan, Esq. Merchant, Singapore, October 1824, by John Crawford Esq. Resident, Formerly Doctor on the Companies Service, Late Ambassador to the Court, Bangkok, Siam

Four men of different ages (verso) and illuminated manuscript with verses from
1195378 Four men of different ages (verso) and illuminated manuscript with verses from The Human Seasons (recto), within decorative borders, 1912-1914 (paint)

The Dead Man of Bethany (engraving)
5219201 The Dead Man of Bethany (engraving) by Armstead, Henry Hugh (1828-1905); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Dead Man of Bethany)

The Landing of the Primrose (engraving)
5219200 The Landing of the Primrose (engraving) by Gilbert, John (1817-97) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Landing of the Primrose)

The Destruction of Sennacherib (engraving)
5219196 The Destruction of Sennacherib (engraving) by Pickersgill, Frederick Richard (1820-1900); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Destruction of Sennacherib)

Time and the Year (engraving)
5219158 Time and the Year (engraving) by Watson, James Dawson (1832-92); Private Collection; (add.info.: Time and the Year)

Lifes Journey (engraving)
5219167 Lifes Journey (engraving) by Sandys, Anthony Frederick Augustus (1829-1904) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lifes Journey)

The Matterhorn (chromolitho)
5222055 The Matterhorn (chromolitho) by von Cramm, Helga (1840-1919); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Matterhorn, " Or, like the traveller, toiling long to gain An alpine summit)

The Jungfrau, from Eisenfluh (chromolitho)
5222050 The Jungfrau, from Eisenfluh (chromolitho) by von Cramm, Helga (1840-1919); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Jungfrau, from Eisenfluh)

Weishorn and Mischabel, from the Bettensee (chromolitho)
5222049 Weishorn and Mischabel, from the Bettensee (chromolitho) by von Cramm, Helga (1840-1919); Private Collection; (add.info.: Weishorn and Mischabel, from the Bettensee)

Una and the Lion (engraving)
5223662 Una and the Lion (engraving) by Kuck, Helen S. (fl.1909); Private Collection; (add.info.: Una and the Lion. Illustration for Tales from Spenser by R W Grace (T Fisher Unwin)

Una is rescued by the Satyrs (engraving)
5223661 Una is rescued by the Satyrs (engraving) by Kuck, Helen S. (fl.1909); Private Collection; (add.info.: Una is rescued by the Satyrs)

Red Cross meets the Giant Orgoglio (engraving)
5223660 Red Cross meets the Giant Orgoglio (engraving) by Kuck, Helen S. (fl.1909); Private Collection; (add.info.: Red Cross meets the Giant Orgoglio)

The Man at Law (colour litho)
5223489 The Man at Law (colour litho) by Anderson, Anne (1874-1930) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Man at Law)

Shakespeares Sonnets, Title-page (litho)
5223436 Shakespeares Sonnets, Title-page (litho) by Ospovat, Henry (1877/78-1909); Private Collection; (add.info.: Title-page)

Shakespeare song: "And let me the canakin clink"(litho)
5223431 Shakespeare song: " And let me the canakin clink" (litho) by Ospovat, Henry (1877/78-1909); Private Collection; (add.info)

Shakespeare song: "A merry heart goes all the day, You sad, tires in mile-a"(litho)
5223429 Shakespeare song: " A merry heart goes all the day, You sad, tires in mile-a" (litho) by Ospovat, Henry (1877/78-1909); Private Collection; (add.info)

Matthew Arnold poem: The Neckan (engraving)
5223265 Matthew Arnold poem: The Neckan (engraving) by Ospovat, Henry (1877/78-1909); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Neckan)

Matthew Arnold poem: Tristram and Iseult (engraving)
5223260 Matthew Arnold poem: Tristram and Iseult (engraving) by Ospovat, Henry (1877/78-1909); Private Collection; (add.info.: Tristram and Iseult)

The Fairy Circle (engraving)
3649347 The Fairy Circle (engraving) by Dore, Gustave (1832-83) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Fairy Circle)

The Kings Farewell (engraving)
3649308 The Kings Farewell (engraving) by Dore, Gustave (1832-83) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Kings Farewell)

Cloister Scene (engraving)
3649302 Cloister Scene (engraving) by Dore, Gustave (1832-83) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cloister Scene. Illustration for The Dore Gift Book of Illustrations to Tennysons Idylls of)

The Moonlight Ride (engraving)
3649301 The Moonlight Ride (engraving) by Dore, Gustave (1832-83) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Moonlight Ride)

The Cave Scene (engraving)
3649298 The Cave Scene (engraving) by Dore, Gustave (1832-83) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Cave Scene. Illustration for The Dore Gift Book of Illustrations to Tennysons Idylls of)

Merlin paints the Young Knights Shield (engraving)
3649294 Merlin paints the Young Knights Shield (engraving) by Dore, Gustave (1832-83) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Merlin paints the Young Knights Shield)

The Knights Progress (engraving)
3649293 The Knights Progress (engraving) by Dore, Gustave (1832-83) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Knights Progress)

King Arthur reading the Letter of Elaine (engraving)
3649289 King Arthur reading the Letter of Elaine (engraving) by Dore, Gustave (1832-83) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: King Arthur reading the Letter of Elaine)

King Arthur discovering the Skeletons of the Brothers (engraving)
3649281 King Arthur discovering the Skeletons of the Brothers (engraving) by Dore, Gustave (1832-83) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: King Arthur discovering the Skeletons of the Brothers)

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"Verse: A Melody of Imagination and Expression" In the enchanting world of verse, where words dance upon the pages like graceful ice skaters, we find ourselves immersed in a tapestry of diverse imagery. Just as William Blake's "The Lamb" evokes innocence and experience, his illustrations transport us to a realm where imagination knows no bounds. As we wander through this poetic landscape, we stumble upon an unexpected sight—a museum showcasing an Ichthyosaurus fossil. Its ancient bones whisper tales of forgotten oceans and prehistoric wonders, reminding us that even in verse, history has its place. But it is not only fossils that captivate our attention; there is also the power of symbolism. A woman raising her skirts to scare off the devil reminds us that poetry can be both playful and profound—using metaphorical gestures to confront our deepest fears. And what could be more whimsical than four frogs gracefully gliding across ice on a Christmas card? In this moment frozen in time, joy leaps from their amphibian hearts onto the canvas—an invitation for merriment during the festive season. Yet amidst all these delightful scenes lies wisdom wrapped in humor. An old man with a beard warns us with jestful certainty about life's inevitable disappointments—a reminder that poetry can hold truths even within its most comical verses. From Colmans Mustard advertisements to breathtaking landscapes like Half Dome mountain at sunset in Yosemite National Park, verse takes on many forms. It paints vivid pictures with words alone or accompanies visual masterpieces created by others—each stroke adding depth to our understanding of human expression. Just as George Chapman's anonymous portrait invites curiosity into his identity, so does poetry invite introspection into our own souls. Like an album filled with poems and watercolors from 1828 or "The Pipes Of Lucknow, " colored lithographs transporting us back in time—we discover new facets of ourselves through every line read or heard.