Slide set: The bronze statue (recitation: Bamforth & Co., 21 slides, 1894)

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Slide 1

'Tis a statue of bronze, or what seemeth such / A horse and rider in armour clad

Slide 2

But there's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip / A storm burst over the homeward ship

Slide 3

And raised on his tomb this statue grim / Still keeping watch and ward for him

Slide 4

They vowed, when free from the nursery laws / They would try the legend and prove its cause

Slide 5

On Christmas Eve, awake at times / They listened for the midnight chimes

Slide 6

no image available

Slide 7

Through the gloomy house the maiden crept / Half fearful of rousing those who slept

Slide 8

Unheard she reaches the door at last / Undid the bolts in trembling haste

Slide 9

But how may she stand when she leaves the street / The gusts on the open shore to meet

Slide 10

Then just as came the shore in sight / Out shone the moonbeams, sharp and bright

Slide 11

Spellbound and rooted to the spot / She gazed, but he too altered not

Slide 12

She saw the warrior wave his blade / And flash it round his awful head

Slide 13

A shriek burst from her frightened lips / The moon rushed into sudden eclipse

Slide 14

Safely she reached her home once more / And breathless entered the friendly door

Slide 15

The statue rider had left his horse / Lay on the ground a headless corse

Slide 16

Soon were the words of love outspoken / The vows exchange, the golden token

Slide 17

But ere the happy day was come / She felt she must her secret tell

Slide 18

'I hurried to the well-known shore / 'Twas near the fated midnight hour

Slide 19

Soon said, soon done; -- and I sat there / As motionless as though I were

Slide 20

The clock struck twelve! I waved my sword / To suit the action to the word

Slide 21

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Number of slides

Manufacturer

Bamforth & Co., England

Other related organisations

in stock of Riley Brothers, 1898-1914 (item ref. 1105)

in stock of Wrench & Son, 1898

in stock of Walter Tyler, 1909 (item ref. 502)

in stock of Church Army, 1913 (item ref. LM 149)

Main type of image

life model

Main usage of set

recitation

Date of first manufacture

1894

Reading or song

M.B. Moorhouse, ‘The bronze statue: a ghost story’ in Short lantern readings 19 (1894)

Collections

19 slides known to exist in private collection

Lucerna ID 3001374

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 5 May 2024

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Slide set: The bronze statue (recitation: Bamforth & Co., 21 slides, 1894)