Lo, thou likewise shall be king.
Maria Louise Kirk, frontispiece from The story of Idylls of the king, adapted from Tennyson by Inez N. McFee, New York, 1912.
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For two hours more they fought.
Maria Louise Kirk, from The story of Idylls of the king, adapted from Tennyson by Inez N. McFee, New York, 1912.
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The princess drew back, blushing.
Maria Louise Kirk, from The story of Idylls of the king, adapted from Tennyson by Inez N. McFee, New York, 1912.
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…And in the flame was born
A naked babe
Maria Louise Kirk, from The story of Idylls of the king, adapted from Tennyson by Inez N. McFee, New York, 1912.
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A city of shadowy palaces.
Maria Louise Kirk, from The story of Idylls of the king, adapted from Tennyson by Inez N. McFee, New York, 1912.
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And the dead,
Oared by the dumb, went upward with the flood
Maria Louise Kirk, from The story of Idylls of the king, adapted from Tennyson by Inez N. McFee, New York, 1912.
(Source: archive.org)
He saw two cities in a thousand boats
All fighting for a woman on the sea.
Gustave Doré, from The works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson vol. 4, New York, 1909.
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… And all day long we rode
Thro’ the dim land against a rushing wind,
That glorious roundel echoing in our ears.
Gustave Doré, from The works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson vol. 4, New York, 1909.
(Source: archive.org)
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Agostino Lacurci. La Finta Nonna.
Illustration for the novel La finta nonna, contained in Fiabe Italiane
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