mirror of
https://github.com/Theodor-Springmann-Stiftung/konkykru.git
synced 2025-10-29 01:05:30 +00:00
137 lines
4.0 KiB
HTML
137 lines
4.0 KiB
HTML
<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>The Children in the Wood</TITLE></HEAD>
|
|
<BODY bgcolor="#000033" text="#CCFFFF" link="#CCFFFF" vlink="#CCFFFF" alink="#CCFFFF" ><basefont size="3">
|
|
<a href="index.html"><img src="logo.andys.early.comics.archive.jpg"border="0"></a>
|
|
<div align="center">
|
|
|
|
<FONT COLOR="#CCFFFF"><B><FONT SIZE="5"> The Children in the Wood <BR></B>
|
|
(circa 1825)<BR>
|
|
<BR>
|
|
<FONT SIZE="3">published by Dunigan, New York</FONT>
|
|
<BR>
|
|
<BR>
|
|
</FONT>
|
|
|
|
<BR>
|
|
|
|
<A HREF="earlycomics.html#children.wood"><IMG SRC="children.wood_01.jpg"border="0"></a><br>
|
|
|
|
<TABLE BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="3" WIDTH="400">
|
|
<TR ALIGN=Left VALIGN=Top> <TD BGCOLOR="#000033">
|
|
Shrubland Hall.<BR><BR>
|
|
|
|
Deep seated in a flowery vale,<BR>
|
|
Beside a woody dell,<BR>
|
|
Stood Shrubland Hall, where, says the tale,<BR>
|
|
A worthy pair did dwell.
|
|
</TD> </TR> </TABLE>
|
|
<BR>
|
|
<BR>
|
|
<BR>
|
|
|
|
|
|
<A HREF="earlycomics.html#children.wood"><IMG SRC="children.wood_02.jpg"border="0"></a>
|
|
<br>
|
|
<TABLE BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="3" WIDTH="400">
|
|
<TR ALIGN=Left VALIGN=Top> <TD BGCOLOR="#000033">
|
|
The Children with their Parents<BR>
|
|
<BR>
|
|
Two beauteous babes this happy pair,<BR>
|
|
To crown their loves had got:<BR>
|
|
The proudest monarch on his throne,<BR>
|
|
Might envy them their lot.
|
|
</TD> </TR> </TABLE>
|
|
<BR>
|
|
<BR>
|
|
<BR>
|
|
<A HREF="earlycomics.html#children.wood"><IMG SRC="children.wood_03.jpg"border="0"></a>
|
|
<br>
|
|
<TABLE BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="3" WIDTH="400">
|
|
<TR ALIGN=Left VALIGN=Top> <TD BGCOLOR="#000033">
|
|
The Uncle Taking the Children.<BR>
|
|
<BR>
|
|
But death, in midst of all their joys,<BR>
|
|
Did seize this loving pair,<BR>
|
|
Who, dying, left their girl and boy,<BR>
|
|
Unto an Uncle's care.
|
|
</TD> </TR> </TABLE>
|
|
<BR>
|
|
<BR>
|
|
<BR>
|
|
<A HREF="earlycomics.html#children.wood"><IMG SRC="children.wood_04.jpg"border="0"></a>
|
|
<br>
|
|
<TABLE BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="3" WIDTH="400">
|
|
<TR ALIGN=Left VALIGN=Top> <TD BGCOLOR="#000033">
|
|
The Uncle Bribing the Ruffians<BR>
|
|
<BR>
|
|
But to their fortunes he aspired,<BR>
|
|
And to secure his prey,<BR>
|
|
How two unfeeling Ruffians hired<BR>
|
|
To take their lives away.
|
|
|
|
</TD> </TR> </TABLE>
|
|
<BR>
|
|
<BR>
|
|
<BR>
|
|
<A HREF="earlycomics.html#children.wood"><IMG SRC="children.wood_05.jpg"border="0"></a>
|
|
<br>
|
|
<TABLE BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="3" WIDTH="400">
|
|
<TR ALIGN=Left VALIGN=Top> <TD BGCOLOR="#000033">
|
|
The Ruffians with the Children.<BR>
|
|
<BR>
|
|
These wretches, cruel, fierce and bold,<BR>
|
|
Conveyed them to a wood,<BR>
|
|
There, for the sake of filthy gold,<BR>
|
|
To shed their infant blood.
|
|
</TD> </TR> </TABLE>
|
|
<BR>
|
|
<BR>
|
|
<BR>
|
|
<A HREF="earlycomics.html#children.wood"><IMG SRC="children.wood_06.jpg"border="0"></a>
|
|
<br>
|
|
<TABLE BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="3" WIDTH="400">
|
|
<TR ALIGN=Left VALIGN=Top> <TD BGCOLOR="#000033">
|
|
The Ruffians Fighting.<BR>
|
|
<BR>
|
|
But one his purpose did repent,<BR>
|
|
Before the deed was done,<BR>
|
|
And slew the other Ruffian there,<BR>
|
|
Then left the babes alone.
|
|
</TD> </TR> </TABLE>
|
|
<BR>
|
|
<BR>
|
|
<BR>
|
|
<A HREF="earlycomics.html#children.wood"><IMG SRC="children.wood_07.jpg"border="0"></a>
|
|
<br>
|
|
<TABLE BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="3" WIDTH="400">
|
|
<TR ALIGN=Left VALIGN=Top> <TD BGCOLOR="#000033">
|
|
The Children in the Wood.<BR>
|
|
<BR>
|
|
Their little hearts with terror sank,<BR>
|
|
With hunger, too, they cried,<BR>
|
|
At length upon a flowery bank<BR>
|
|
They laid them down, and died.
|
|
</TD> </TR> </TABLE>
|
|
<BR>
|
|
<BR>
|
|
<BR>
|
|
|
|
<A HREF="earlycomics.html#children.wood"><IMG SRC="children.wood_08.jpg"border="0"></a>
|
|
<br>
|
|
<TABLE BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="3" WIDTH="400">
|
|
<TR ALIGN=Left VALIGN=Top> <TD BGCOLOR="#000033">
|
|
The Children's Death.<BR>
|
|
<BR>
|
|
The Redbreasts, in their clustering bowers,<BR>
|
|
Sung mournful on each spray,<BR>
|
|
And there with leaves and fragrant flowers,<BR>
|
|
O'erspread them as they lay.
|
|
</TD> </TR> </TABLE> <BR><BR><BR>
|
|
|
|
<hr>
|
|
<A HREF="index.html"><b><span style="font-size: 120%;">Home</span></b></A>
|
|
|
|
<A HREF="earlycomics.html"><b><span style="font-size: 120%;">Andy's Early Comics Archive</span></b></A>
|
|
|
|
</div>
|
|
</BODY>
|
|
</HTML> |