poetry

Heraldry from BL Harley 6149, ff. 28v-29

Text pages with heraldry from a heraldic treatise by Adam Loutfut; coats of arms. Image taken from ff. 28v-29 of Various heraldic treatises, including 'the Gaige of Battail' (ff. 1-5), heraldic treatise by Adam... More

Castle of Love from BL Royal 16 F II, f. 188

Detail of a miniature of the Castle of Love, with the lover addressing three women. Image taken from f. 188 of Poems; Art d'amour; Les demands d'amour; Le liver dot grace entire sure le fait du government d'un ... More

Rabbis at Benei Braq from BL Add 14761, f. 31v

Historiated initial-word panel: ~Ma'aseh~, at the beginning of the account of the five rabbis at Benei Braq. The five rabbis are in the windows of a building; their pupils are knocking on the door. Full foliate... More

Historiated initial-word panel from BL Add 22413, f. 148

Detail: historiated initial-word panel of a man holding a pitcher and a cup, at the beginning of a liturgical poem for Simhat Torah (Davidson vol. 1, no. 8400). Image taken from f. 148 of Festival prayer book f... More

Pen-flourished initial from BL Harley 3355, f. 10

Pen-flourished initial 'D' with floral motifs. Image taken from f. 10 of Religious Poems, with an index of first lines (ff. 2-8) (index Poemata Varia Italice). Written in Italian.

Alexander encountering the gymnosophists; Alexander at the river Pison...

Miniature of Alexander encountering the gymnosophists, a race of naked wise men who live in caves; miniature of Alexander arriving at the river Pison. Image taken from f. 17v of Poems and Romances (the 'Talbot ... More

Aymon returning to his duchess from BL Royal 15 E VI, f. 159

Detail of a miniature of Aymon returning to his duchess. Image taken from f. 159 of Poems and Romances (the 'Talbot Shrewsbury book'). Written in French.

Chaucer, Geoffrey

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"Nushirvan Promulgates His Reforms", Folio 602v from the Shahnama (Boo...

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Tudor rose from BL Royal 11 E XI, f. 2

Allegorical miniature of a bush of the Tudor rose incorporating a Latin poem celebrating the House of Tudor, with a scroll reading 'Salve, radix varios producens germine ramos, / Quos inter ramus supereminet al... More

Byron, Georges Gordon Lord

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Byron, Georges Gordon Lord

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Byron, Georges Gordon Lord

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Copper plate engravings from "The Life of Our Blessed Lord & Saviour J...

This image has been taken from scan 000010 from "The Life of Our Blessed Lord & Saviour Jesus Christ. An heroic poem ... Illustrated by necessary notes ... also a prefatory discourse concerning heroic poetry. W... More

[Hanging poems on a cherry tree]

Print shows a woman, full-length, standing, hanging poems in a blossoming cherry tree.

fictional protagonist and narrator from "The Works of Jonathan Swift, ...

This image has been taken from scan 000010 from volume 03 of "The Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D., D.S.P.D., in eight volumes. Containing I. His Miscellanies in Prose. II. His Poetical Writings. III. The Travels ... More

Thomas Stothard - Clarence's Dream (Shakespeare, Richard III, Act 1, S...

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William Blake - The Angel Appearing to Zacharias

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The Reunion of the Soul & the Body, from The Grave, a Poem by Robert B...

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The Lord Answering Job out of the Whirlwind, from Illustrations of the...

William Blake (British, London 1757–1827 London)

Grim Reaper from "[Melaia; and other poems.]"

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portrait from "[Alfred Lord Tennyson: a memoir.]"

This image has been taken from scan 000008 from volume 09 of "[Alfred Lord Tennyson: a memoir.]". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, created by users of the British Library... More

flora from "Floral Poetry and the language of flowers. With coloured i...

This image has been taken from scan 000179 from "Floral Poetry and the language of flowers. With coloured illustrations. [The editor's preface is signed J. H. S.]". The title and subject terms of this image hav... More

Greek from "[The Odyssey of Homer. [Translated into English verse, by ...

This image has been taken from scan 000012 from volume 01 of "[The Odyssey of Homer. [Translated into English verse, by Pope, W. Broome, and E. Fenton; with notes by W. Broome.] (A general view of the Epic poem... More

portrait from "The Poetical Works of John Keats. With a memoir by Rich...

This image has been taken from scan 000012 from "The Poetical Works of John Keats. With a memoir by Richard Monckton Milnes. Illustrated by 120 designs, original and from the antique, drawn on wood by George Sc... More

[Civil War envelope showing Columbia with eagle, American flag, and co...

Addressed to Mr. Thos. Van Sichin, Metuchin [i.e. Metuchen], New Jersey; bears 3 cent stamp; postmarked in Washington, D.C. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127) pp/liljmem

[Civil War envelope showing American flag with second stanza from Fran...

Addressed to Michael Fox Esq., Marlboro, Stark Co., Ohio; bears 3 cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of C... More

Union General from "Anecdotes, Poetry and Incidents of the War: North ...

This image has been taken from scan 000459 from "Anecdotes, Poetry and Incidents of the War: North and South. 1860-1865. Collected and arranged by F. M". The title and subject terms of this image have been gene... More

Lyrics of love & nature by Mary Berri Chapman

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children's book illustration from "Flowers I bring and Songs I sing .....

This image has been taken from scan 000048 from "Flowers I bring and Songs I sing ... Poems by E. Bland, H. M. Burnside, A. Scanes". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, crea... More

Emancipation proclamation of President Abraham Lincoln, freeing the sl...

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Photograph of Ezra Pound - Bureau of Indian Affairs

Photographic File of the Paris Bureau of the New York Times

[House Members Room. Light of Poetry (red) panel in the Spectrum of Li...

Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

The wonder clock:

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The wonder clock:

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Poems of history, by the most famous poets of all ages; relating to mo...

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The wonder clock:

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Kyoka Hyaku Monogatari|Poems on One Hundred Ghost Stories

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Les veillées d’un fouteur, 1832 - Bandeau-fleurs-losange-2points-8x10

Français : Les veillées d’un fouteur, 1832, Bandeau de début de chapitre

Les veillées d’un fouteur, 1832 - Bandeau-flèches-5x6

Français : Les veillées d’un fouteur, 1832, Bandeau de début de chapitre

Les veillées d’un fouteur, 1832 - Bandeau-flèches-6x5

Français : Les veillées d’un fouteur, 1832, Bandeau de début de chapitre

(FitzGerald) The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (publ. 1913) - p069

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A Christmas ring (1879) (14596953937)

Identifier: christmasring00balt (find matches) Title: A Christmas ring Year: 1879 (1870s) Authors: Subjects: Birthstones Months English poetry Publisher: Baltimore, Turnbull brothers Contributing Library: ... More

The Patapsco and other poems.

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London Town. Book illustration from Library of Congress

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London Town. Book illustration from Library of Congress

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London Town. Book illustration from Library of Congress

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[Civil War envelope with poem "I love but thee" in ornamental border]

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Title page

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Portrait of Léon-Gontran Damas as a youth, about age nine, holding a b...

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Scenes from Exodus from BL Or 1404, f. 3v

Full-page miniature, upper register: Aaron's rod turning to a snake and swallowing the magicians' rod (Ex. 7:12), lower register: the first plague: blood. Image taken from f. 3v of Haggadah with commentary and ... More

Tudor rose from BL Royal 16 F II, f. 188

Detail of a Tudor rose in the lower left corner of the folio. Image taken from f. 188 of Poems; Art d'amour; Les demands d'amour; Le liver dot grace entire sure le fait du government d'un prince. Written in French.

Richard I from BL Royal 20 A II, f. 8

Detail of a miniature of Richard I enthroned, holding a sword, with three Christian heads and three Saracen heads on either side of his throne. Image taken from f. 8 of Drawings with various inscriptions, disti... More

Rabbi Akiva from BL Or 1404, f. 15

Decorated initial-word panel, ~R. Akiva~, and in the outer margin; a miniature of an elderly man holding an open book representing Rabbi Akiva. Image taken from f. 15 of Haggadah with commentary and liturgica... More

Initial-word panel from BL Add 22413, f. 98

Detail of a page: inhabited initial-word panel with foliate and vine scroll decoration, and a hybrid, at the beginning of a liturgical poem for the second day of Sukkot composed by Eleazar ha-Kallir (Davidson v... More

[North Reading Room, west wall. Mural by Ezra Winter illustrating the ...

According to the inscription, this mural on the west wall shows (left to right): "The Miller, in the lead, piping the band out of Southwark; the Host of Tabard Inn; the Knight, followed by his son, the young Sq... More

Joust between Ponthus and the Duke of Burgundy from BL Royal 15 E VI, ...

Detail of a miniature of a joust between Ponthus and the Duke of Burgundy. Image taken from f. 220v of Poems and Romances (the 'Talbot Shrewsbury book'). Written in French.

Death of Nectanebus, Alexander and Bucephalus; victory over Nicolaus f...

Miniature of the death of Nectanebus, with a foliate initial 'E'(t ainsi), a miniature of Alexander and Bucephalus, with a foliate initial 'C'(esse), and a miniature of the victory of Alexander over Nicolaus, w... More

Landscape after Li Bo's poem

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portrait from "[The traveller, or A prospect of society. A poem. Inscr...

This image has been taken from scan 000005 from "[The traveller, or A prospect of society. A poem. Inscribed to the Rev. Mr. Henry Goldsmith.]". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated fro... More

Amaryllis from "The Botanic Garden; a poem, etc. [By Erasmus Darwin, t...

This image has been taken from scan 000425 from "The Botanic Garden; a poem, etc. [By Erasmus Darwin, the Elder.] (Part I. The second edition.-Part II. The third edition.)". The title and subject terms of this ... More

Yanagi no kezuribana, Katsushika Hokusai

Print shows the text of two poems. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Kokonotsugiri-ban Nishikie Surimono. Forms part of: Japanes... More

Songs of Innocence and of Experience: Night (second plate): When wolve...

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Kanke (Sugawara no Michizane), poet no. 24, from the series Hyakunin i...

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engraving from "King Alfred, a poem; edited by R. Roscoe"

This image has been taken from scan 000012 from volume 01 of "King Alfred, a poem; edited by R. Roscoe". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, created by users of the British ... More

wildlife from "Woodland Wild: a selection of descriptive poetry. From ...

This image has been taken from scan 000063 from "Woodland Wild: a selection of descriptive poetry. From various authors. With ... illustrations on steel and wood, after R. Bonheur, J. Bonheur, C. Jacque, Veyras... More

Sea Monster from "The Casquet of Literature, being a selection of pros...

This image has been taken from scan 000215 from volume 01 of "The Casquet of Literature, being a selection of prose and poetry from the works of the most admired authors. Edited with biographical and literary n... More

Prof. Walter Dill Scott

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Portrait of Langston Hughes

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Sweetening for English tea

Music associated with the Union side

Soul poems, and other verse,

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The wonder clock:

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Picture Book of Japanese Poetry

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"Fill For Me A Brimming Bowl" by John Keats (A Prelinger Mashup)

An interpretation of the poem by John Keats. All material taken from public domain sources - audio from Librivox, footage from the Prelinger Archive.

Les veillées d’un fouteur, 1832 - 0010 - Frontispice

Français : Les veillées d’un fouteur, 1832, Frontispice ː Hymne au con

Les veillées d’un fouteur, 1832 - Bandeau-flèches-2roues-5x5

Français : Les veillées d’un fouteur, 1832, Bandeau de début de chapitre

Tissot - La Capucinière, ou le bijou enlevé à la course, 1820 - Planch...

Français : Illustration pour La Capucinière, ou le bijou enlevé à la course

Tissot - La Capucinière, ou le bijou enlevé à la course, 1820 - Planch...

Français : Illustration pour La Capucinière, ou le bijou enlevé à la course

Tissot - La Capucinière, ou le bijou enlevé à la course, 1820 - Planch...

Français : Illustration pour La Capucinière, ou le bijou enlevé à la course

Poems, undated

London Town. Book illustration from Library of Congress

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Phillis Wheatley

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Casey at the bat

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Boston Daily Journal, [newspaper]. May 31, 1865.

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[Fragments of Folklore]

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Nine poems of Emily Dickinson [sketches]

Verses dedicated to Henry VIII from BL Royal 20 A IV, ff. 3v-4

Verses dedicated to Henry VIII and illuminated initials 'T'(re) and 'A'(rbee) at the beginning of the text. Image taken from ff. 3v-4 of Description of the Holy Land, entitled, 'Tresample description de toute l... More

Merlin from BL Royal 20 A II, f. 3v

Miniature of 'Uter roy' (Uther Pendragon) in conversation with Merlin. Image taken from f. 3v of Drawings with various inscriptions, distichs and poems (ff. 1-9v), verse lament of Edward II (ff. 10 r-v), Chroni... More

Queen of the Amazons meeting Alexander from BL Royal 15 E VI, f. 15v

Detail of a miniature of the Queen of the Amazons meeting Alexander. Image taken from f. 15v of Poems and Romances (the 'Talbot Shrewsbury book'). Written in French.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von

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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von

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Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz

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amaryllis from "The Poetical Works of Erasmus Darwin ... Containing th...

This image has been taken from scan 000058 from volume 02 of "The Poetical Works of Erasmus Darwin ... Containing the Botanic Garden ... and the Temple of Nature. With philosophical notes and plates". The title... More

poet from "The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. Edited by Mrs. ...

This image has been taken from scan 000006 from "The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. Edited by Mrs. Shelley". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, created by users of... More

flora from "The Keble Autograph Birthday Book. [Containing selections ...

This image has been taken from scan 000173 from "The Keble Autograph Birthday Book. [Containing selections from J. K.'s poetry.] With floral illustrations. By E. L. M". The title and subject terms of this image... More

Easter lily from "The Keble Autograph Birthday Book. [Containing selec...

This image has been taken from scan 000193 from "The Keble Autograph Birthday Book. [Containing selections from J. K.'s poetry.] With floral illustrations. By E. L. M". The title and subject terms of this image... More

Plymouth Rock from "The Child's Book of Poetry. A selection of poems, ...

This image has been taken from scan 000159 from "The Child's Book of Poetry. A selection of poems, ballads and hymns". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, created by users o... More

Higgins German Laundry Soap

: digital.lib.muohio.edu/u?/tradecards,4496 ( http://digital.lib.muohio.edu/u?/tradecards,4496 ) .. Subject (TGM): Children playing adults; Boys; Girls; Sailing ships; Sailors; Ship captains; Laundry; Hou... More

The girl's reply to the shut down

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Press Release No. 468, "Robert Frost, Noted American Poet, to Give Rea...