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Lucille (page 1/2)

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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: 11

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 alnog with a quiver; a bow and a sword are in the foreground, with a cross hanging from a necklace. [more...] [$]

[picture: Crossed Swords with Snake]

Crossed Swords with Snake

Crossed swords (rapiers) with a coiled snake in the middle, ready to bite. Slytherin House maybe? [more...] [$]

[picture: Through the Forest]

Through the Forest

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

[picture: Borders with posies of flowers on either side.]

Borders with posies of flowers on either side.

This border, with bunches of flowers on either side, was used to surround a woodcut of a forest. [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...] [$]


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