The Smiling Muse: Victoriana in the Comic Press

The Smiling Muse: Victoriana in the Comic Press
ISBN-10
0879825014
ISBN-13
9780879825010
Category
Caricature
Pages
249
Language
English
Published
1985
Publisher
Associated University Presses
Authors
Patricia Marks, Jerold Savory

Description

A passionate thrill Of strange proud sorrow pulses through the land, His land, his England, which he loved so well: And brows bend low, as slow from strand to strand The Poet's passing bell Sends forth its solemn note, and every heart ...

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