Headpiece with Skulls and Daffodil

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Headpiece showing a daffodil flanked by a skull on each side

Divination by a daffodil.

Artist

Name:: Abbey, Edwin Austin
Dates:: 1852-1911
Country:: US

Illustration

Subject:: Ornaments & Patterns
Technique:: Wood Engraving
Format:: Landscape (wider)
Source:: University of California Libraries, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Selections from the poetry of Robert Herrick
Author:: Herrick, Robert
Publisher:: New York: Harper & Brothers, 1882
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Headpiece showing a daffodil flanked by a skull on each side. This illustration introduces “Divination by a Daffodil.” Below is the full poem:

Divination by a Daffodil
When a daffodil I see,
Hanging down his head t’wards me;
Guess I may, what I must be:
First, I shall decline my head;
Secondly, I shall be dead;
Lastly, safely buried.

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