American art and American art collections; essays on artistic subjects . -3 t—IO D D O Eh C4 CO 55O \. The Maids of Cashmere. PHOTO-ETCHING FROM DRAWING Will. H. Low. This picture represents a bevy of maidens at the feast of roses, a charming oriental fete whichMoore has pictured to us in his poem of Lalla Rookh, as follows, — Yet did the maids and matrons leaveTheir veils at home, that brilliant eve •,And there were glancing eyes about,And cheeks, that would not dare shine outIn open day, but thought they mightLook lovely then, because t was night!And all were free and wandering, And all excl

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American art and American art collections; essays on artistic subjects . -3 t—IO D D O Eh C4 CO 55O \. The Maids of Cashmere. PHOTO-ETCHING FROM DRAWING Will. H. Low. This picture represents a bevy of maidens at the feast of roses, a charming oriental fete whichMoore has pictured to us in his poem of Lalla Rookh, as follows, — Yet did the maids and matrons leaveTheir veils at home, that brilliant eve •,And there were glancing eyes about,And cheeks, that would not dare shine outIn open day, but thought they mightLook lovely then, because t was night!And all were free and wandering, And all exclaimed to all they met That never did the summer bring So gay a feast of roses yet ; The moon had never shed a light So clear as that which blessed them there, The roses neer shone half so bright Nor they themselves looked half so fair. THE HISTORY OF WOOD-ENGRAVING IN AMERICA. PART III. Chapter Thirty-seventh.

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