2-652-030 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Amor Mundi. From Christine Rossetti's Poem.', c1850-1900, (1923). The tone of the poem in general describes in loss of hope and misery. At the first two stanzas, they begin the tale of the lovers on the top of a hill, radiating and floating in contentment. Yet as they continue to venture down the path off the hill, the exposure of grimness, darkness, and death becomes more prominent. From British Book Illustration - Yesterday and To-day edited by Geoffrey Holme. [The Studio, Ltd., London, 1923]