poetry

Labour in vain: or an attempt to wash the Black-Moor white. Humbly ins...

Imprint 1.; Verse. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 142, Folder 8.

[Freshwater Bay, Tennyson's home, Isle of Wight, England]

Image shows a wooden footpath over a road on the grounds of Farringford, the home of Alfred, Lord Tennyson on the Isle of Wight. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015) Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Cat... More

Nude study for figure of Poetry

Study drawing shows the nude allegorical figure of Poetry for the painting, The arts, in the north end lunette of the Southwest Gallery in the Library of Congress' Jefferson Building. A grid covers the drawing.

Triangles - A close up of a sticker with a triangle on it

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American songs - Public domain World War One sheet music

For voice and piano. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. (additional physical form) Staff notation. (language)

Khāvarānʹnāmah - Persian manuscript

Long poem on the Caliph ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib. Manuscript. Persian. [Source of title] [Statement of responsibility] Written in Iran or India. Paper; fine quality, cream-colored, thin, and polished; script is i... More

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

Also available in digital form.

Jūgun zatsuei. 1930s Japan, public domain image.

"MOJ 75-A 686": intended for microfilm. In Kanbun. Colophon title. LC copy from Naimushō Keihokyoku censorship collection; classified as "annei" and banned. Binding: Oriental style (fukurotoji). LC copy has "... More

Sketches & scraps - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress scan

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

Soul poems, and other verse,

Also available in digital form.

The poetry of flowers and flowers of poetry;

Also available in digital form.

Sketches & scraps - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress scan

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

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

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Soul poems, and other verse,

Also available in digital form.

American and Commercial Advertiser, [newspaper]. April 15th, 1865.

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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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London Town. Book illustration from Library of Congress

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[Private James W. McCulloch of Co. E, 7th Georgia Infantry Regiment ho...

Photograph shows identified soldier. Included in the case are a lock of hair tied with a pink ribbon, a published obituary, and a published poem "My Brother's Grave" by Dan Ashby. Handwritten on poem: "Father"... More

[Civil War envelope showing Columbia with sword floating above marchin...

Addressed to Miss Mary J. Chambers, Toledo, Tama County, Iowa; illegible postmark. Handwritten poem on verso: In years agone, when quiet reigned, throughout this happy land. Before rebellion had attained, so g... More

Boston patriotic song [Adams and liberty]

Lyrics only -- tune called for is "To Anacreon in Heaven." Printed in "A collection of songs" (Charles Dibdin, compiler?), pages 326-328.

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

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[Unidentified woman sitting with her arm resting on a table]

Photograph case has a newspaper clipping of the poem Love Ne'er Dies by S.W. Pearce attached to interior. Case: Leather geometric scroll. Additional information in collections file. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010... More

[Civil War envelope showing eagle with American flags, shield, arrows,...

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The lesbian body [by] Kate Millett An exhibition of drawings : Levitan...

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Sketches & scraps - Engraving, 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

Sketches & scraps - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress scan

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

The wonder clock: - book for children by Howard Pyle

Also available in digital form.

The poetry of flowers and flowers of poetry;

Also available in digital form.

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.

Owen Innsly - Love songs & other poems

Also available in digital form.

La sfera. nautical chart - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congre...

In verse. Sometimes incorrectly ascribed to Gregorio's nephew, Leonardo Dati, according to Goff, citing GW. No signatures. LC copy has marginal color wash pen-and-ink illustrations, including astronomical, mete... More

London Town. Book illustration from Library of Congress

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Douglass, Frederick (Autograph Book)

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

[Hanging poems on a cherry tree]

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

[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

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

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[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: - book for children by Howard Pyle

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Evangeline; a tale of Acadie,

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.

The Patapsco and other poems.

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

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

Photograph shows left half of the mural on the east wall. According to the inscription the figures are (left to right): "The Merchant, with his Flemish beaver hat and forked beard; the Friar; the Monk; the Fran... More

American songs - Public domain World War One sheet music

For voice and piano. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. (additional physical form) Staff notation. (language)

Nothing but a soldier boy and other poems

Published 1916. Also available in digital form.

Sketches & scraps - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress scan

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

The wonder clock: - book for children by Howard Pyle

Also available in digital form.

The poetry of flowers and flowers of poetry;

Also available in digital form.

The wonder clock: - book for children by Howard Pyle

Also available in digital form.

La sfera. nautical chart - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congre...

In verse. Sometimes incorrectly ascribed to Gregorio's nephew, Leonardo Dati, according to Goff, citing GW. No signatures. LC copy has marginal color wash pen-and-ink illustrations, including astronomical, mete... More

The Patapsco and other poems.

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

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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Boston patriotic song [Adams and liberty]

Lyrics only -- tune called for is "To Anacreon in Heaven." Printed in "A collection of songs" (Charles Dibdin, compiler?), pages 326-328.

The great invocation - A close up of a piece of paper with a poem on i...

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To my valentine. Love may come and love may go, ... M monogram

Print shows a young girl, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly right, wearing a bonnet. On verso is a floral design with blossoms and a poem addressed "to my valentine" attributed to "E.S.F." N20945 ... More

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

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Sketches & scraps - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress scan

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

The poetry of flowers and flowers of poetry;

Also available in digital form.

The wonder clock: - book for children by Howard Pyle

Also available in digital form.

Soul poems, and other verse,

Also available in digital form.

Xi fan yi yu - Public domain illuminated manuscript

Chapter one, astronomy, geography, calendar, people; chapter two, people, bodies, palaces, utensils; chapter three, utensils, clothes, sound and color, classics; chapter four, documents from the Hui State, docu... 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.

The wonder clock: - book for children by Howard Pyle

Also available in digital form.

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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[Private James W. McCulloch of Co. E, 7th Georgia Infantry Regiment ho...

Photograph shows identified soldier. Included in the case are a lock of hair tied with a pink ribbon, a published obituary, and a published poem "My Brother's Grave" by Dan Ashby. Handwritten on poem: "Father"... More

Boston patriotic song [Adams and liberty]

Lyrics only -- tune called for is "To Anacreon in Heaven." Printed in "A collection of songs" (Charles Dibdin, compiler?), pages 326-328.

Boston patriotic song [Adams and liberty]

Lyrics only -- tune called for is "To Anacreon in Heaven." Printed in "A collection of songs" (Charles Dibdin, compiler?), pages 326-328.

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

Fairy Lilian and other poems, - Public domain portrait engraving

Illustrated by Charles Copeland, W. L. Taylor, Edmund H. Garrett and others and engraved under the supervision of George T. Andrew. Also available in digital form.

The wonder clock: - book for children by Howard Pyle

Also available in digital form.

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

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

Prof. Walter Dill Scott - Public domain portrait photograph

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

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[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

Sweetening for English tea - American Civil War sheet music

Music associated with the Union side

Soul poems, and other verse,

Also available in digital form.