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Home > Illustrations > A golden boat on a great, great water

A golden boat on a great, great water

By Eleanor Vere Boyle | Created: 1834

A golden boat on a great, great water
Publication
  • The Story Without an End
Publication Date
  • 1834
Medium
  • Watercolor
Support
  • Paper
Illustration Size
  • Unknown

©Public Domain

As the moon's soft light lay on the
Child's eyelids, he fancied he sat in a
golden boat, on a great, great water ;
countless stars swam glittering on the
dark mirror. He stretched out his
hand to catch the nearest star, but it
had vanished, and the water sprayed up
against him. Then he saw clearly that
these were not the real stars ; he looked
up to heaven, and wished he could fly
 
thither.
Genres
  • Books
  • Fantasy
  • Mythology
  • Postage Stamps
  • Courtroom Drawings
Global Perspectives
  • Europe
Related Time Periods
  • Early 19th Century Early 19th Century
  • Late 19th Century Late 19th Century

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