Old Book Illustrations on Nostr: I wooed the blue-eyed maid, Yielding, yet half afraid, And in the forest’s shade ...

I wooed the blue-eyed maid,
Yielding, yet half afraid,
And in the forest’s shade
Our vows were plighted.
Mary Hallock Foote, from "The Skeleton in Armor" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Boston: 1877 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/wooed-maid/