Image: Eleanor Fortesque Brickdale's Golden book of famous women (1919) (14590723400)

Description: Identifier: eleanorfortesque00fort (find matches) Title: Eleanor Fortesque Brickdale's Golden book of famous women Year: 1919 (1910s) Authors: Fortescue-Brickdale, Eleanor Subjects: Women in literature Publisher: London New York : Hodder and Stoughton Contributing Library: University of California Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: ' Text Appearing After Image: FAIR ROSAMOND When as King Henry rulde this land, The second of that name, Besides the queene, he dearly lovde A fair and comely dame. Most peerlesse was her beautye found. Her favour, and her face ; A sweeter creature in this worlde Could never prince embrace. Her crisped locks like threads of golde Appeared to each mans sight; Her sparkling eyes, like Orient pearles, Did caste a heavenlye light. The blood within her crystal cheekes Did such a colour drive. As though the lilye and the rose For mastership did strive. Yea, Rosamonde, fair Rosamonde, Her name was called so, To whom our queene, dame EHnor, Was known a deadlye foe.c 26 GOLDEN BOOK OF FAMOUS WOMEN The king, therefore, for her defence Against the furious queene, At Woodstock builded such a bower, The hke was never scene. Most curiously that bower was built Of stone and timber strong, An hundred and fifty doors Did to this bower belong: And they so cunningly contrived With turnings round about, That none but with a clue of thread Could en Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
Title: Fair Rosamond
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Author: Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale
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