Many the Souls

All Resolutions

A group of women grieves over the body of a dead or dying man lying on a flat rock by the sea

Wild was the life we led;
Many the souls that sped,
Many the hearts that bled,
By our stern orders.

Artist

Name:: Hallock Foote, Mary
Dates:: 1847-1938
Country:: US

Illustration

Subject:: Narratives
Technique:: Wood Engraving
Engraver:: Anthony, Andrew Varick Stout
Format:: Landscape (wider)
Source:: California Digital Library, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: The skeleton in armor
Author:: Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
Publisher:: Boston: James R. Osgood & Co., 1877
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A group of women grieves over the body of a dead or dying man lying on a flat rock by the sea, while people are seated around a fire burning in the background.

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