poems

The Patapsco and other poems.

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

Daily bread - Drawing. Public domain image.

(DLC/PP-1933:0079). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Daily Bread," poem by Josephine Preston Peabody, Scribner's magazine, 24:243 (Dec. 1898).

Poems by Alexander Graham Bell, from 1858 to 1859

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The journey - Public domain dedication image

Decorations and poem published in "The Little Past" by Josephine Preston Peabody, Harper's magazine, 108:94 (Dec. 1903). (DLC/PP-1933:0185). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Francisque Arban, aéronaute franc̦ais

Half-length portrait of French balloonist, Francesco Arban. Includes Italian poem by Vincenzo Monti, below title. Library has two versions: b&w (no. 3) and hand-colored (no. 4). Tissandier collection. DCRM(G) ... More

[Frontis.: portrait of Phyllis Wheatley, and title p. of Wheatley, Poe...

Engraved portrait after Scipio Moorhead. Illus. in: Wheatley, Poems on Various Subjects..., London, 1773, frontisp.; title p. Reference copy may be in Biog File. Copy negs. of frontisp. only: LC-USZ62-40054 and... More

Kate Greenaway - Little Ann and other poems

Bound in illustrated printed paper boards; green cloth spine and corners with paper label on spine; all edges stained blue; yellow coated endpapers. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1987 Al... More

Kate Greenaway - Little Ann and other poems

Bound in illustrated printed paper boards; green cloth spine and corners with paper label on spine; all edges stained blue; yellow coated endpapers. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1987 Al... More

Kate Greenaway - Little Ann and other poems

Bound in illustrated printed paper boards; green cloth spine and corners with paper label on spine; all edges stained blue; yellow coated endpapers. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1987 Al... More

Kate Greenaway - Little Ann and other poems

Bound in illustrated printed paper boards; green cloth spine and corners with paper label on spine; all edges stained blue; yellow coated endpapers. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1987 Al... More

Kate Greenaway - Little Ann and other poems

Bound in illustrated printed paper boards; green cloth spine and corners with paper label on spine; all edges stained blue; yellow coated endpapers. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1987 Al... More

The Patapsco and other poems.

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

Nine poems of Emily Dickinson [sketches]

An invitation - Drawing. Public domain image.

No publication information. (DLC/PP-1934:0109). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Everyone was cool, everyone was chillin' ... / Ronnie Rogers, EHTP.

Forms part of: Exit Art Gallery Reactions Collection: A Global Response to the 9/11 Attacks. Poem by a student in the Hip Hop Activism class at the East Harlem Tutorial Program. Exhibited: Witness and Response... More

Kate Greenaway - Little Ann and other poems

Bound in illustrated printed paper boards; green cloth spine and corners with paper label on spine; all edges stained blue; yellow coated endpapers. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1987 Al... More

Kate Greenaway - Little Ann and other poems

Bound in illustrated printed paper boards; green cloth spine and corners with paper label on spine; all edges stained blue; yellow coated endpapers. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1987 Al... More

Kate Greenaway - Little Ann and other poems

Bound in illustrated printed paper boards; green cloth spine and corners with paper label on spine; all edges stained blue; yellow coated endpapers. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1987 Al... More

Kate Greenaway - Little Ann and other poems

Bound in illustrated printed paper boards; green cloth spine and corners with paper label on spine; all edges stained blue; yellow coated endpapers. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1987 Al... More

The battle cry of freedom - Public domain dedication image

Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Life magazine, 67:1170 (June 22, 1916).

Document (poems)

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Poems

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In fact, the vizier had hinted that the young sultan thought himself a...

Title on verso. (DLC/PP-1933:0131). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Sultan's Verses" by Tudor Jenks, St. Nicholas, 27:906 (Aug. 1900).

Kate Greenaway - Little Ann and other poems

Bound in illustrated printed paper boards; green cloth spine and corners with paper label on spine; all edges stained blue; yellow coated endpapers. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1987 Al... More

Kate Greenaway - Little Ann and other poems

Bound in illustrated printed paper boards; green cloth spine and corners with paper label on spine; all edges stained blue; yellow coated endpapers. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1987 Al... More

Kate Greenaway - Little Ann and other poems

Bound in illustrated printed paper boards; green cloth spine and corners with paper label on spine; all edges stained blue; yellow coated endpapers. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1987 Al... More

Kate Greenaway - Little Ann and other poems

Bound in illustrated printed paper boards; green cloth spine and corners with paper label on spine; all edges stained blue; yellow coated endpapers. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1987 Al... More

The Patapsco and other poems.

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

The Patapsco and other poems.

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

Poems

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Nine poems of Emily Dickinson [sketches]

[Gertie]. One morning on Fifth Avenue Gertie saw Mr. Cyrus Pew the ban...

Preparatory sketches for "Gertie." Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Poet and historian turns to films. Carl Sandburg is shown here as he w...

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Letter and corrected reprint of Walt Whitman's "O Captain, My Captain"...

Reproduction number: A83 (color slide of letter); A84 (color slide of poem reprint); LC-MSS-77909-1 (B&W negative of poem reprint) Inspired by the death of President Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), Walt Whitman (1... More

Drafts of Langston Hughes's poem "Ballad of Booker T.," 30 May-1 June ...

Reproduction number: A57 (color slide; first and second drafts); A58 (color slide; final draft) Langston Hughes (1902-1967), known for his lyric poetry, often wrote insightful commentaries about African-America... More

Poems, undated - Public domain document scan

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Nine poems of Emily Dickinson [sketches]

An educator - Drawing. Public domain image.

(DLC/PP-1933:0205). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "An Educator" by Reginald Birch, St. Nicholas, 23:1017 (Oct. 1896).

He danced, he sang: hail spring divine! : ethereal spring h'm -- wine?...

Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "A Spring Spell" by Oliver Herford, Collier's, 47:20 (April 8, 1911).

Kate Greenaway - Little Ann and other poems

Bound in illustrated printed paper boards; green cloth spine and corners with paper label on spine; all edges stained blue; yellow coated endpapers. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1987 Al... More

Kate Greenaway - Little Ann and other poems

Bound in illustrated printed paper boards; green cloth spine and corners with paper label on spine; all edges stained blue; yellow coated endpapers. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1987 Al... More

Booklet, "Waiting for the Morning and Other Poems" by Horatio Gates Sp...

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[Hanging poems on a cherry tree]

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

Daily bread : by Josephine Preston Peabody

No accession number. No publication information. Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

The battle cry of freedom - Drawing. Public domain image.

Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Life magazine, 67:1170 (June 22, 1916).

The Patapsco and other poems.

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

The Patapsco and other poems.

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

The Patapsco and other poems.

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

Nine poems of Emily Dickinson [sketches]

L'Aigle et la Colombe - Drawing. Public domain image.

Card shows boy wearing a crown sitting outside with a girl in a white dress. A balloon flies in the distance. Text below title: Notre aigle donc, lassè des cieux. Descend sur un rocher, près de lui vient se re... More

[Gertie]. Dig out your wad old scout said she and slip that dame five ...

Preparatory sketch for "Gertie" cartoon strip. Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

A Christmas prayer of wartime - Public domain dedication image

(DLC/PP-1933:0185). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "A Christmas Prayer of Wartime" by Grace G. Bostwick, Good housekeeping, 67:13 (Dec. 1918).

Poems (various authors) - Public domain document scan

You are about to apply A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and st... More

Booklet, "Waiting for the Morning and Other Poems" by Horatio Gates Sp...

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[Christ]mas greens / C.J. Taylor., Political Cartoon

Print shows a two-panel illustration, on the left is a street vendor selling Christmas greens, and on the right is a poem by H.A. Crowell titled "Greens to Sell", and an interior scene with a young man kissing ... More

WTC 010911 9:15 AM / S. Torre, New York City.

Forms part of: Exit Art Gallery Reactions Collection: A Global Response to the 9/11 Attacks. Creator's full name from email message sent 9-12-02.

Poems by Alexander Graham Bell, from 1858 to 1859

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Poems by Alexander Graham Bell, from 1858 to 1859

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Kate Greenaway - Little Ann and other poems

Bound in illustrated printed paper boards; green cloth spine and corners with paper label on spine; all edges stained blue; yellow coated endpapers. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1987 Al... More

Kate Greenaway - Little Ann and other poems

Bound in illustrated printed paper boards; green cloth spine and corners with paper label on spine; all edges stained blue; yellow coated endpapers. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1987 Al... More

Kate Greenaway - Little Ann and other poems

Bound in illustrated printed paper boards; green cloth spine and corners with paper label on spine; all edges stained blue; yellow coated endpapers. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1987 Al... More

Kate Greenaway - Little Ann and other poems

Bound in illustrated printed paper boards; green cloth spine and corners with paper label on spine; all edges stained blue; yellow coated endpapers. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1987 Al... More

A proposal for publishing by inscription, Poems on several occasions, ...

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Ballads and narrative poems. [Hammersmith, Printed at the Kelmscott P...

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The journey - Drawing. Public domain image.

Decorations and poem published in "The Little Past" by Josephine Preston Peabody, Harper's magazine, 108:94 (Dec. 1903). (DLC/PP-1933:0185). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Kate Greenaway - Little Ann and other poems

Bound in illustrated printed paper boards; green cloth spine and corners with paper label on spine; all edges stained blue; yellow coated endpapers. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1987 Al... More

Capriccio, poems by Ted Hughes, engravings by Leonard Baskin. Searsmon...

Publisher's prospectus. Accompanied by price list.; Hughes, Ted, 1930- Capriccio.; Baskin, Leonard, 1922-; Prospectuses--Maine--Searsmont.; qr13 05-30-95; vj14 03-19-98; 95-158192 Available also through the Lib... More

[Gertie]. Old Pew obeyed her -- : beat it now! cried Gertie, fast as ...

Title devised by cataloger. Preparatory sketch for "Gertie" cartoon strip. Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

"Autumn," poem by Helen Keller, 27 October 1893

Reproduction number: A10 (color slide) This poem was written by thirteen-year-old Helen Keller (1880-1968) who, only six years before, was "a wild little creature" who lived in the chilling emptiness and confus... More

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

Poems, undated - Public domain document scan

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The journey - Public domain dedication image

Decorations and poem published in "The Little Past" by Josephine Preston Peabody, Harper's magazine, 108:94 (Dec. 1903). (DLC/PP-1933:0185). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Kate Greenaway - Little Ann and other poems

Bound in illustrated printed paper boards; green cloth spine and corners with paper label on spine; all edges stained blue; yellow coated endpapers. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1987 Al... More

Nine poems of Emily Dickinson [sketches]

James MacPherson to Charles McPherson, August 7, 1773, Refusal to Allo...

Refusal to Allow Copy of Gaelic Version of Ossian's Poems

Peter at the gate - African American Perspectives Materials

A religious poem about rewards and punishments on the Judgment Day. Cartoon edition published: St. Peter at the gate. Galesburg, Mich. : The Enterprise, 1893. Also available in digital form on the Library of Co... More

Poet and historian turns to films. Carl Sandburg is shown here as he w...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, office meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Creative writing and ideas

Creative writing and ideas, early work, 1930s, 1940s

Drafts of Langston Hughes's poem "Ballad of Booker T.," 30 May-1 June ...

Reproduction number: A57 (color slide; first and second drafts); A58 (color slide; final draft) Langston Hughes (1902-1967), known for his lyric poetry, often wrote insightful commentaries about African-America... More

Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Creative writing and ideas

Creative writing and ideas, early work, 1930s, 1940s

Drafts of Langston Hughes's poem "Ballad of Booker T.," 30 May-1 June ...

Reproduction number: A57 (color slide; first and second drafts); A58 (color slide; final draft) Langston Hughes (1902-1967), known for his lyric poetry, often wrote insightful commentaries about African-America... More

Kullīyāt-i Ḥāfiẓ - Persian manuscript

The poems of Ḥāfiẓ with an anonymous Ottoman Turkish translation and partial commentary. Manuscript. Persian and Turkish (Arabic script). Title from fol. 1b, first section. Name of scribe not indicated. Writ... More

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

Kullīyāt-i Ḥāfiẓ - Persian manuscript

The poems of Ḥāfiẓ with an anonymous Ottoman Turkish translation and partial commentary. Manuscript. Persian and Turkish (Arabic script). Title from fol. 1b, first section. Name of scribe not indicated. Writ... More

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

Jessamine poems - African American Perspectives Materials

Franklin was an African American poet writing for the Paris World's Fair. He gives here several poems on a wide variety of subjects, all purely literary and artistic, including one on the death of Frederick Dou... More

A memorial souvenir of Rev. J. Wofford White, pastor of Wesley M.E. Ch...

Rowe, an African American minister in Charleston, SC, gives here two poems in memory of J. Wofford White, pastor of Wesley M.E. Church in Charleston. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Creative writing and ideas

Creative writing and ideas, early work, 1930s, 1940s

A memorial souvenir of Rev. J. Wofford White, pastor of Wesley M.E. Ch...

Rowe, an African American minister in Charleston, SC, gives here two poems in memory of J. Wofford White, pastor of Wesley M.E. Church in Charleston. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Collected poems of Edwin James Barclay

Poems on a variety of subjects; titles include Monrovia, Song of the Dead. Barclay, a member of Liberia's True Whig political party, served as the country's 18th president from 1930-1944. Typescript (carbon cop... More

Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Creative writing and ideas

Creative writing and ideas, early work, 1930s, 1940s

Jessamine poems - African American Perspectives Materials

Franklin was an African American poet writing for the Paris World's Fair. He gives here several poems on a wide variety of subjects, all purely literary and artistic, including one on the death of Frederick Dou... More

Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Creative writing and ideas

Creative writing and ideas, early work, 1930s, 1940s

Collected poems of Edwin James Barclay

Poems on a variety of subjects; titles include Monrovia, Song of the Dead. Barclay, a member of Liberia's True Whig political party, served as the country's 18th president from 1930-1944. Typescript (carbon cop... More

Kullīyāt-i Ḥāfiẓ - Persian manuscript

The poems of Ḥāfiẓ with an anonymous Ottoman Turkish translation and partial commentary. Manuscript. Persian and Turkish (Arabic script). Title from fol. 1b, first section. Name of scribe not indicated. Writ... More

Collected poems of Edwin James Barclay

Poems on a variety of subjects; titles include Monrovia, Song of the Dead. Barclay, a member of Liberia's True Whig political party, served as the country's 18th president from 1930-1944. Typescript (carbon cop... More

Jessamine poems - African American Perspectives Materials

Franklin was an African American poet writing for the Paris World's Fair. He gives here several poems on a wide variety of subjects, all purely literary and artistic, including one on the death of Frederick Dou... More

Kullīyāt-i Ḥāfiẓ - Persian manuscript

The poems of Ḥāfiẓ with an anonymous Ottoman Turkish translation and partial commentary. Manuscript. Persian and Turkish (Arabic script). Title from fol. 1b, first section. Name of scribe not indicated. Writ... More

Kullīyāt-i Ḥāfiẓ - Persian manuscript

The poems of Ḥāfiẓ with an anonymous Ottoman Turkish translation and partial commentary. Manuscript. Persian and Turkish (Arabic script). Title from fol. 1b, first section. Name of scribe not indicated. Writ... More

Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Creative writing and ideas

Creative writing and ideas, early work, 1930s, 1940s