Psyche, and other poems — page 248: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This is the final page of a penny dreadful narrative, consisting entirely of running prose text. The visible passage describes military retaliation near Wicklow, where approximately twenty persons were reportedly executed by troops in response to loyalist murders, "particularly of the three brothers mentioned in this ballad." A footnote references Page 208, identifying Clough as the location where Colonel Walpole was killed and his detachment defeated by rebels. The page concludes with "THE END," marking the story's completion. The aged, yellowed paper and typography are typical of Victorian-era serialized fiction.