3-078-294 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Advertisement for Beecham's Pills, 1890. 'I saw a maid with gaze intent, Upon the lovely scene. The river held her mirror up And doubled all the green. Ah, me! I mused, what raptured thoughts Run through that pretty head? Perhaps she's gazing on the spot Where love's first words were said. Her heart is lifted in such bliss As is akin to pain; She dreams anon of that sweet kiss She fain would feel again. Her lover's words were mingled with The nightingale's sweet trills. She moves! Ah, Heavens, she'd read a bill Which said "Try Beecham's Pills! [- Worth a Guinea a Box]".' From "Illustrated London News", 1890.