Wake! for the sun behind yon Eastern height has chased the session of the stars from night. Illustration by Edmund Dulac from the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, published 1909. PacificStock
Heav'n but the Vision of fulfill'd Desire, And Hell the Shadow of a Soul on fire, Cast on the Darkness into which Ourselves, So late emerg'd from, shall so soon expire. Illustration by Edmund Dulac from the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, published 1909. PacificStock
Coloured illustration by Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale illustrating the poem L'Allegro by Milton. From the book Palgrave's GoldenTreasury of Songs and Lyrics published 1919. PacificStock
Yet Ah, that Spring should vanish with the Rose! That Youth's sweet-scented manuscript should close! The Nightingale that in the branches and, Ah whence, and whither flown again, who knows? Illustration by Edmund Dulac to From the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayya PacificStock
Earth could not answer: nor the Seas that mourn In flowing Purple, of their Lord forlorn; Nor Heaven, with those eternal Signs reveal' And hidden by the sleeve of Night and Morn. Illustration by Edmund Dulac from the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, published 1 PacificStock
You know, my Friends, how bravely in my House For a new Marriage I did make Carouse: Divorced old barren Reason from my Bed, And took the Daughter of the Vine to Spouse. Illustration by Edmund Dulac from the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, published 1909. PacificStock
Coloured illustration by Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale illustrating the poem The Poetry of Dress by Herrick. From the book Palgrave's GoldenTreasury of Songs and Lyrics published 1919. PacificStock
Look to the blowing Rose about us - "Lo, Laughing," she says, "into the world I blow: At once the silken tassel of my Purse Tear, and its Treasure on the Garden throw. Illustration by Edmund Dulac from the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, published 1909. PacificStock
Coloured illustration by Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale illustrating the poem Death the Leveller by Shirley. From the book Palgrave's Golden Treasury of Songs and Lyrics published 1919. PacificStock
Coloured illustration by Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale illustrating the poem Sally in our Alley by Carey. From the book Palgrave's GoldenTreasury of Songs and Lyrics published 1919. PacificStock
Do you, within your little hour of Grace, The waving Cypress in your Arms enlace, Before the Mother back into her arms Fold, and dissolve you in a last embrace. Illustration by Edmund Dulac from the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, published 1909. PacificStock