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Lucille (page 1/3)

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[picture: Front Cover, Lucille]

Images and short extracts from Lucille (1882) by Owen Meredith; this was actually a nom de plume for Edward Robert Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton, GCB, GCSI, GCIE, PC (1831–-1891). The poems were very popular in the late Victorian era, and have a melancholy gothic feel.

Title: Lucille

Author: Meredith, Owen

Published by: James R. Osgood and Company

Date: 1882

Total items: 14

Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.

Some sample images

[picture: The End.]

The End.

A cold stone tomb is inscribed with the words “THE END.” A garland of flowers is draped over the tomb along with a quiver; a bow and a sword are in the foreground, with a cross hanging from a necklace. [more...] [$]

[picture: The sheep of Apollo]

The sheep of Apollo

A young man, naked, sits under a tree, a harp in one hand; all around him sheep are grazing. [more...] [$]

[picture: King Ixion naked on the burning wheel]

King Ixion naked on the burning wheel

King Ixion took advantage of Zeus’ mercy by trying to seduce Hera, who was that god’s wife. The king was punished by being bound to a wheel that would spin and burn forever in the underworld. [more...] [$]

[picture: The Old Ruined Abbey]

The Old Ruined Abbey

Between trees and over thick undergrowth we see the ruins of an ancient stone abbey, with the sunset shining through the mullioned windows. [more...] [$]

[picture: Through the Forest]

Through the Forest

          The light waned around him, and pass’d [more...] [$]


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