Figure descriptions
A man, a woman, a boy, a girl, and a dog gather at a Gothic-style drinking fountain.
The man bends over and pours water from a
vessel into the boy’s mouth. The woman holds hands with the girl and stands on a lower
step. The fountain is composed of three
sections. The water runs out of a spout in the middle section and biblical scenes
are depicted in the other sections. Each of the
three main sections extends upward into ornamental vertical spires. There are four
smaller additional spires behind them. There is a
stone wall with vines behind the drinking fountain, and trees and bushes in the background.
The drinking fountain scene is contained
within a thin wooden border with squared bottom corners and a curved patten at the
top. The poem text is contained within a second
thin wooden border which extends from the bottom of this scene. The drinking fountain
scene and the poem text are contained within
an external border, which fills the remaining space of the poem page. The space is
outlined in a thin wooden border with a crossed
hatch design at the center and decorative curls at the top. The main space of the
exterior border is decorated with marshland
scenery. There are lily pads and lily flowers on the water and large leafy plants
near the shore. Tall cattails rise from behind
the water and occupy the full height of the poem page. Full-page illustration.
