Lines on the Dead Year

Lines on the Dead Year William Sawyer Sawyer, William Illustrator Unsigned Metadata research and editing DVPP Project Team University of Victoria Digital Victorian Periodical Poetry Project Victoria, BC, Canada

In the public domain

Poem included in the Christmas Supplement for issue 104. (SP) Once a Week 3 4 Christmas issue 28 The Ivy over-shines the wall Corrected and proofed figure and figDesc. Added figure, figDesc, and @ana values. Regenerated file, added revisionDesc and set status to 'generated'.

Decorated initial letter “T” from the first word of the poem, “The.” Multiple types of ferns ascend from behind the initial letter, moving up and across the page to occupy the full width of the letterpress. The ferns grow out of a spot in the earth below and to the left of the initial letter, and above the second stanza. 1/3 page.