poetry

明 屠隆 草書七絕 軸|Poem on a Hermitage

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Page of Calligraphy - Public domain dedication image

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Merchant from BL Royal 19 C XI, f. 31v

Detail of a miniature of a merchant with scales, a table, and a purse. Image taken from f. 31v of Moral treatises, poems, prayers and hymns, including the Moralised Game of Chess (ff. 1-51), the tale of Melibeu... More

White horse from BL Royal 17 D VI, f. 120

Detail of an added drawing of a white horse in the lower margin of the folio, with a badge bearing the motto 'My trust ys'. Image taken from f. 120 of The Regement of Princes, with other poems. Written in Engli... More

Donatus writing his grammar from BL Arundel 43, f. 80v

Full-page miniature of Donatus writing his grammar, his ink-pot held by a monk labelled 'Heinre'(?), with two short poems in hexameters in the upper left and upper right corners: the first poem compares the bre... More

Decorated initial-word panel from BL Add 14762, f. 39

Initial-word panel ~Nishmat~ (breath) with gold letters surrounded by foliate motifs, at the beginning of the liturgical poem, 'The breath of every living thing'. Image taken from f. 39 of Haggadah for Passover... More

Edward II from BL Royal 20 A II, f. 10

Detail of a miniature of Edward II enthroned, while another figure offers him a crown. Image taken from f. 10 of Drawings with various inscriptions, distichs and poems (ff. 1-9v), verse lament of Edward II (ff.... More

Music notation from BL Harley 978, ff. 8v-9

Musical notation on stave with stave-high coloured capitals. Image taken from ff. 8v-9 of Musical, medical and literary miscellany, 'Sumer is icumen in', Fables and Lays of Marie de France (index Fables de Mari... More

Page of Calligraphy from an Anthology of Poetry by Sa`di and Hafiz

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Page of Calligraphy from an Anthology of Poetry by Sa`di and Hafiz

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Page of Calligraphy from an Anthology of Poetry by Sa`di and Hafiz

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Page of Calligraphy from an Anthology of Poetry by Sa`di and Hafiz

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Anthology of Persian Poetry - Arabic illuminated manuscript

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Alexander the Great from BL Royal 15 E VI, f. 16

Detail of a miniature of Alexander the Great battling against Porrus. Image taken from f. 16 of Poems and Romances (the 'Talbot Shrewsbury book'). Written in French. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also kn... More

Drinking and Composing Poetry, scroll painting, Ming dynasty, China

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松花堂昭乗書・伝俵屋宗達下絵 和歌色紙 |Poem by Onakatomi Yoshinobu with Underpainting...

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"Kai Kavus Upbraids Siyavush in a Letter", Folio 174r from the Shahnam...

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Scott, Sir Walter - Public domain portrait engraving

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Poetry personified as a winged woman

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Byron, Georges Gordon Lord - Public domain portrait engraving

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Byron, Georges Gordon Lord - Public domain portrait engraving

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Byron, Georges Gordon Lord - Public domain portrait engraving

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Byron, Georges Gordon Lord - Public domain portrait engraving

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Portret van Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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October. From a Series of Twelve Months of the Year

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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von - Public domain portrait engraving

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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von - Public domain portrait engraving

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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von - Public domain engraving

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Byron, Georges Gordon Lord - Public domain portrait engraving

Maler: Westall, Richard Stecher: Bollinger, Friedrich Wilhelm Verlag: Schumann, Gebr. Verlagsort: Zwickau

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von - Public domain portrait engraving

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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von - Public domain portrait engraving

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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von - Public domain portrait engraving

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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von - Public domain portrait engraving

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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von - Public domain portrait engraving

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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von - Public domain portrait engraving

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William Faithorne from "The Life of Our Blessed Lord & Saviour Jesus C...

This image has been taken from scan 000479 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

portrait from "The Life of Our Blessed Lord & Saviour Jesus Christ. An...

This image has been taken from scan 000213 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

portrait from "The Life of Our Blessed Lord & Saviour Jesus Christ. An...

This image has been taken from scan 000219 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

姿絵百人一首|Portraits for One Hundred Poems about One Hundred Poets (Sugata...

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The Iliad of Homer, The Odyssey of Homer, Compositions from The Traged...

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portrait from "Eloisa to Abelard ... The second edition. (Verses to th...

This image has been taken from scan 000004 from "Eloisa to Abelard ... The second edition. (Verses to the memory of an unfortunate lady.-Florelio, a pastoral lamenting the death of the Marquis of Blandford, by ... More

coat of arms from "[Poems, on several occasions.]"

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coat of arms from "[Poems on Several Occasions ... published by Mr. Po...

This image has been taken from scan 000002 from "[Poems on Several Occasions ... published by Mr. Pope ... The sixth edition with additions.]". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from... More

Nu kawachi gayoi, Shunsh Katsukawa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a man crouching behind a fence in order to spy on his wife; she is standing on a veranda composing a poem expressing concerns for his safety on his journey to Kawachi. Title and other descriptive in... More

coat of arms from "Atalanta. Canto 1. [Poems. By Robert Colvill.]"

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[Four women composing poetry, possibly as a competition, next to a scr...

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Genji : The tale of Genji. Format: probably the left panel of a vertical Oban Nishiki... More

Hero of the Wabash - Public domain broadside, Library of Congress

Scott, Sir Walter - Public domain portrait engraving

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Woodblock of Collected Poems of the House of Springtime Sleep

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Scott, Sir Walter - Public domain portrait engraving

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portrait from "Science Revived, or the Vision of Alfred. A poem in eig...

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map from "The Shakspearean Miscellany: containing a collection of scar...

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Hiiragi ni iwashi ni ume - Public domain drawing

Print shows two fish and plums on holly branches. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Kokonotsugiri-ban Nishikie Surimono. Forms p... More

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt (The Repose of the Holy Family in Eg...

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People from "[Rokeby; a poem.]"

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Death's Door, from The Grave, a Poem by Robert Blair

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William Blake - Songs of Innocence and of Experience: The Tyger

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William Blake - Songs of Innocence and of Experience: Holy Thursday

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Thenot Under a Fruit Tree, from Thornton's Pastorals of Virgil

William Blake (British, London 1757–1827 London)

Thenot and Colinet Eat Their Evening Meal, from Thornton's Pastorals o...

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Blasted Trees and Flattened Crops, from Thornton's Pastorals of Virgil

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Colinet Mocked by Two Boys, from Thornton's Pastorals of Virgil

William Blake (British, London 1757–1827 London)

Theodore Gericault - Mazeppa, France, Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Vision of Eliphaz, from Illustrations of the Book of Job

William Blake (British, London 1757–1827 London)

The Destruction of Job's Sons, from Illustrations of the Book of Job

William Blake (British, London 1757–1827 London)

The Messengers tell Job of his Misfortunes, from Illustrations of the ...

William Blake (British, London 1757–1827 London)

Job's Sacrifice, from Illustrations of the Book of Job

William Blake (British, London 1757–1827 London)

William Henry Fox Talbot - The Tomb of Sir Walter Scott, in Dryburgh A...

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portrait from "Poems, by John Nicholson, the Airedale poet; with a ske...

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portrait from "The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore, etc. [With a portra...

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harrow from "[The Works of Lord Byron. A new, revised and enlarged edi...

This image has been taken from scan 000087 from volume 08 of "[The Works of Lord Byron. A new, revised and enlarged edition, with illustrations [including portraits].]". The title and subject terms of this imag... More

portrait from "The Poetical Works of George Crabbe, etc"

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Byron, Georges Gordon Lord - Public domain portrait engraving

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A dream of a garden and other poems from "A Dream of a Garden and othe...

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People from "[The Novels of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. With all his intro...

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Jedburgh from "[The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott ... With a memo...

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Julia Margaret Cameron - Alfred, Lord Tennyson, India

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Parable of the Prodigal Son from "Songs of Praise and Poems of Devotio...

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signature from "Destiny, and other poems ... With illustrations [inclu...

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poem for children from "The Coming of Father Christmas"

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portrait from "The Poems and Songs of Robert Burns. Edited with introd...

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Disciples of Sappho - Drawing. Public domain image.

Sappho performing outdoors, before an audience. 70898B2 U.S. Copyright Office. Photograph of painting. On verso: T.R. Spence.

Lyric poetry; Ganymede / H.O. Walker, artist.

Photo of mural in the Library of Congress Jefferson Building depicting Ganymede being carried off by Jupiter in the form of an eagle. Copyley print copyright 1899 by Curtis & Cameron.

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes - Pastoral poetry, dramatic poetry, epic poe...

Title and date from Detroit, Thistle Publications (1912). Photograph of murals in the Boston Public Library. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 048066. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Poem, "Over the road to Provincetown" by Nancy W. Paine-Smith, with im...

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Julia Margaret Cameron - Alfred, Lord Tennyson, India

Julia Margaret Cameron (British (born India), Calcutta 1815–1879 Kalutara, Ceylon) Julia Margaret Cameron (11 June 1815 – 26 January 1879) began her photography career later in life, at the age of 48, and is k... More

Elizabeth Barrett Browning - Public domain photograph, glass negative

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Odoke sanjūroku kasen - Public domain dedication image

Japanese prints shows eight scenes and text with various people and activities including Americans; ship; Japanese men tying a bundle, reading, fishing, and playing a game. Mounted with no. 5a. Annotations, st... More

Karlskrona outer naval port shipyard-related objects %s

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Karlskrona outer naval port shipyard-related objects %s

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Steuben Glass, business. Poetry in crystal I

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Steuben Glass, business. Poetry in crystal I

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Mercury astronaut John Glenn speaks during the...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Mercury astronaut John Glenn speaks during the "On Shoulders of Giants" program celebrating 50 years of Americans in orbit, an era which began with Glenn's MA-6 mission on Feb. 20, 1962.... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Mercury astronaut John Glenn listens to remark...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Mercury astronaut John Glenn listens to remarks during the "On Shoulders of Giants" program celebrating 50 years of Americans in orbit, an era which began with Glenn's MA-6 mission on Fe... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana,...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana, right, talks to guests in Orbiter Processing Facility-1 OPF-1 where space shuttle Discovery is being prepared for public display during a 5... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Mercury astronaut John Glenn poses for a photo...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Mercury astronaut John Glenn poses for a photo in front of the Project Mercury monument at Launch Complex-14 LC-14 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. During events at the Ca... More

Portrait of DoD Mr. Walter B. Slocombe Under Secretary of Defense for ...

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Portrait of U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Walter L. Sharp Deputy Director for G...

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Untitled poetry at the Robert T. Matsui U.S. Courthouse, Sacramento, C...

Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Poet: Rita Dove, 1999; etched marble, 12 pieces, each measuring 3 x 2 feet in diameter. Title information, date, and subject note p... More