Eleanor Vere Boyle [E.V.B.]
‘To die before the snowdrop came, but now the violet's here’ (FEP191)
Title:
To die before the snowdrop came, but now the violet's here
Illustrator:
Engraver:
Source Text:
Alfred, Lord Tennyson,
'The May Queen'
1861 in Favourite English Poems (R. Clay & Co., 1862, London: Sampson Low, 1862), 351–67
Size:
102 mm x 76 mm / 4"1 x 3"0
Illustration appears on:
p. 363
Illustration no.:
12
/ 15
DMVI Code:
FEP191
Notes:
Vignette. Header to 'Conclusion' section. Illustration title from contents page. Line in body of text differs from title. Text line reads: 'To die before the snowdrop came, and now the violet's here' (p. 363). These illustrations were included in an earlier edition of Tennyson's poem (Sampson Low, 1861). The previous publication included a further twenty-five images for 'The May Queen' which do not appear in 'Favourite English Poems'.