poetry

[Title page of The Poetical Works of John Trumbull, Hartford, 1820, il...

/ E Tisdale, del.; W.H. Bassett fc. Engraving by W.H. Bassett after drawing by E. Tisdale. Illus. in: The Poetical Works of John Trumbull, Hartford, 1820. Ref. copy may be in SSF (Gr) - PATRIOTISM 1820. This re... More

Teishinkō, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a woman carrying a child on her back; a portrait and a partially unrolled scroll, and a tablet with a poem on it are in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunke... More

[Decoration and calligraphy in the Imperial Topkapı Sarayı (palace)]

Photograph possibly by Abdullah Frères. Persian poetical text. Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 33. No. 730. In album: Topkapı Sarayı, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. ... More

[Emily Dickinson, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]

Illus. in: Letters of Emily Dickinson, 1894, frontispiece. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sir Alfred Tennyson - Public domain portrait photograph

A black and white photo of a man in a hat. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Couple embracing] - Drawing. Public domain image.

Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1934:0097). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Golden Legend" by Henry W. Longfellow, Ladies Home Journal, 21:3 (Oct. 1904).

Portrait photograph of Edna St. Vincent Millay

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Childhood's end? Growing up in the 70's

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[South Corridor, Great Hall. Adonis mural of the Lyric Poetry series b...

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

Ada Sparks, interview scenes, quilts, jewelry, Chicago, Illinois; Nanc...

Online digital image numbers may be offset by 1 or 2 digits from the film negative frame numbers. Film negative frame numbers, descriptions: 1-2, Ada Spark's writing book (continued from roll at call number afc... More

Ada Sparks, quilts and writings, Chicago, Illinois

Online digital image numbers may be offset by 1 or 2 digits from the film negative frame numbers. Film negative frame numbers, descriptions: 1-5, newspaper ad clipped by Ada Sparks, who plans to use the design ... More

The wonder clock: - book for children by Howard Pyle

Also available in digital form.

The wonder clock: - book for children by Howard Pyle

Also available in digital form.

Phillis Wheatley, Negro servant to Mr. John Wheatley, of Boston

Phillis Wheatley, half-length portrait, seated at desk with pen and paper, facing left. Illus. in: Poems on various subjects, religious and moral / Phillis Wheatley. London : Printed for A. Bell, bookseller, Al... More

Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Black Identity Project, 1968-1970,...

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Haha to ko - Public domain drawing

A woman, holding an infant, and a young boy, both seated. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Alternate title from exhibit caption for ite... More

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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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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Minnie Minton - American Civil War sheet music

Music associated with the Union side

Camilla, or, Twenty-four hours on the Potomac.

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

The Dubuque Daily Times, [newspaper]. April 16th, 1865.

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Clara Barton Papers: Speeches and Writings File, 1849-1947; Poetry; 18...

Clara Barton is best known for founding and leading the American National Red Cross, a humanitarian organization dedicated to providing emergency assistance, disaster relief, and education in the United States.... More

Poem - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Document (poems)

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Gastronomie - Public domain book scan / engraving

Frontispiece engraving signed: Bovinet sculp. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC Copy 1 from the library of G.V. Yudin. Has Yudin's blind stamp on page 13 and LC accession no... More

[Fiddlehead fern]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Ukiyo-e print illustration for haiku shows with fiddlehead ferns sprouting from the ground. Page in: Zoku Koya bunko. Kōto [Edo] : Maekawa Rokuzaemon ... [and 5 others] ; Bishū [Nagoya] : Fūgetsu Magosuke, [179... More

Healthful sports for young ladies : illustrated by eleven elegant engr...

Translation of: Jeux des jeunes demoiselles. Engravings signed: Pubd. by R. Ackermann 101 Strand, 1822. Date of printing based on dated engravings and inscription on Osborne Collection copy: 1822. Osborne Coll.... More

Healthful sports for young ladies : illustrated by eleven elegant engr...

Translation of: Jeux des jeunes demoiselles. Engravings signed: Pubd. by R. Ackermann 101 Strand, 1822. Date of printing based on dated engravings and inscription on Osborne Collection copy: 1822. Osborne Coll.... More

Healthful sports for young ladies : illustrated by eleven elegant engr...

Translation of: Jeux des jeunes demoiselles. Engravings signed: Pubd. by R. Ackermann 101 Strand, 1822. Date of printing based on dated engravings and inscription on Osborne Collection copy: 1822. Osborne Coll.... More

The poets and poetry of Cecil County, Maryland.

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Now sleeps the crimson petal song

the words by Tennyson ; the music by H.T. Burleigh. (statement of responsibility) For low voice with piano. LC copy imperfect: pages are damaged, torn and fragile. acquire 2 shelf copies [policy default] (selec... 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

Yanagi no kezuribana, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

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

Dryburgh Abbey. Tomb of Sir Walter Scott

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The New Year's address of the Newsmen of the New York Herald.

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

Photo of mural in the Library of Congress Jefferson Building depicting the dead body of Adonis lying naked on a rock in the forest. Painting copyright 1899 by H.O. Walker, artist. Copley print copyright 1899 by... More

Prof. Walter Dill Scott - Public domain portrait photograph

A black and white photo of a man in a suit and tie. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Pastoral poetry, dramatic poetry, epic poetry]

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[Pastoral poetry, dramatic poetry, epic poetry]

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[Poetry mural, Detroit Public Library, showing writers]

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Abbotsford, the Residence of Sir Walter Scott, Scotland: Exterior

J13854 U.S. Copyright Office. Stereo copyrighted by the Keystone View Co. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Interiors; Libraries; Gt. Britain Scotland Melrose A... More

Portrait of Langston Hughes - safety film negatives, Library of Congre...

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Letter from Archibald MacLeish to T. S. Eliot, October 7, 1944

Archibald MacLeish expresses disappointment that T.S. Eliot has declined his invitation to take the position of Consultant in Poetry at the Library of Congress.

Unemployment/ monologue

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[Northwest Corridor, First Floor. Mural depicting the muse Erato (Love...

Gift; Carol M. Highsmith 2011; (DLC/PP-2002:038) Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

Sweetening for English tea - American Civil War sheet music

Music associated with the Union side

Light beyond the darkness - African American Perspectives Materials

Harper was a freed African American woman from Baltimore. She rebuts the call of Maurice Thompson for black revenge and an uprising against white society in favor of racial cooperation and harmony. Cover title.... More

The day dream, by Alfred Tennyson

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Soul poems, and other verse,

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Felix Octavius Carr Darley. Longfellow's Evangeline, Public domain boo...

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The wonder clock: - book for children by Howard Pyle

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Poems, undated - Public domain document scan

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Star of the west - American Civil War sheet music

Music associated with the Union side

London Town. Book illustration from Library of Congress

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[Adm. George Dewey, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, in unifo...

29296 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Haring & Geyer. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

Picryl description: Public domain poetry book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Poetry and prose. Scene at Monument Point, north end of Salt Lake

No. 353. Part of series: Central Pacific Railroad, Utah. Scenes near the Great Salt Lake.

Healthful sports for young ladies : illustrated by eleven elegant engr...

Translation of: Jeux des jeunes demoiselles. Engravings signed: Pubd. by R. Ackermann 101 Strand, 1822. Date of printing based on dated engravings and inscription on Osborne Collection copy: 1822. Osborne Coll.... More

The poets and poetry of Cecil County, Maryland.

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The poets and poetry of Cecil County, Maryland.

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Nine poems of Emily Dickinson [sketches]

William Blake - Photograph of a page from William Blake's Milton, unda...

Transcribed from item: "Los and Enitharmon Regard With Horror the Flaming Orc. Blake's Milton. 1804." Item is from the Rosenwald Collection.

[Civil War envelope showing sailor climbing up flagpole to American fl...

Addressed to Miss Adelia Fries, Philadelphia, No. 931 No[r]th Tenth Street; postmarked [Alex]andria, Va.; bears 3 cent stamp. Notation at bottom of envelope: Wm. Birney, Maj., 4 [?] Regt., N.J. Vols. Lines fro... More

Wreath no. 8 after Mrs. O.E. Whitney

Print shows a wreath comprised of flowers and foliage encompassing the verse "When faith the heart of love unseals / Full many a flower its charm reveals" by "A. Tholuck, D.D." E9719 U.S. Copyright Office. Pri... More

Sugawara no Michizane, Taiso Yoshitoshi - Ukiyo e print

Print shows Sugawara Michizane, full-length, standing next to a tree beneath a full moon, writing poetry. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-... More

Lyric poetry by H.O. Walker, Library of Congress

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Alfred Tennyson, born August 6, 1809, died October 6, 1892

General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Kellogg (E.L.) & Co., copyright claimant. Category... More

[Sir Walter Scott, head-and-shoulders portrait]

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Photograph of Robert Penn Warren, undated

Robert Penn Warren, Consultant in Poetry at the Library of Congress.

Now - A black and white photo of a woman on the beach

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Icon Dean Bone, of Dry Creek, public domain photograph

Event: Music at Dave and Glenna Bailey's House. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

John Flynn putting headphones on John Russell

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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

[North Reading Room, west wall. Detail of mural by Ezra Winter illustr...

Photograph shows right half of the mural. According to the inscription, this mural on the west wall shows (left to right): "... the clerk of Oxenford, reading his beloved classics; the manciple; the sailor; the... More

[Main Reading Room. Semi-circular stained glass window in alcove by H....

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical building, landmark architecture, world heritage, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[South Corridor, Great Hall. Uriel mural of the Lyric Poetry series by...

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

Annie and Willie's prayer - Public domain book scan / engraving

In verse. From verso of t.p.: University Press : John Wilson and Son, Cambridge. "Illustrations by Edmund H. Garrett, John A. Fraser, W.P. Snyder. Drawn and engraved under the supervision of George T. Andrew"--... More

Ada Sparks, quilts and writings, Chicago, Illinois

Online digital image numbers may be offset by 1 or 2 digits from the film negative frame numbers. Film negative frame numbers, descriptions: 1-5, newspaper ad clipped by Ada Sparks, who plans to use the design ... More

Song of the Indian river

Also available in digital form.

Sketches & scraps - Drawing. Public domain image.

In verse. Printer named on verso of t.p. In original publisher's binding: Illustrated paper over boards, cloth spine. Haviland, V. Yankee Doodle's literary sampler, p. 185-189 LC copy is a copyright deposit: N... More

Dorothy Q, together with A ballad of the Boston Tea Party & Grandmothe...

Title page in red and black. "Two hundred and fifty copies printed"--Title page verso. In original binding: white vellum with title and ornamention on upper board; title, author, and publisher in gilt on spine.... More

The wonder clock: - book for children by Howard Pyle

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Children's poems that never grow old, for little folks from six to twe...

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The wonder clock: - book for children by Howard Pyle

Also available in digital form.

The wonder clock: - book for children by Howard Pyle

Also available in digital form.

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

Also available in digital form.

The wonder clock: - book for children by Howard Pyle

Also available in digital form.

Phillis Wheatley, Negro servant to Mr. John Wheatley, of Boston

Phillis Wheatley, half-length portrait, seated at desk with pen and paper, facing left. Illus. in: Poems on various subjects, religious and moral / Phillis Wheatley. London : Printed for A. Bell, bookseller, Al... More

Home Insurance Company, cash assets $6,000,000, April / Kronheim & Co....

Print on recto shows calendar from the Home Insurance Company almanac, April 1876, with illustration of battlefield casualties at Lexington; 1875 poem by John G. Whittier, Lexington, 1775, on verso. Picture ca... More

A child asked--where did I come from? ...

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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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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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