“A lady born under a curse / Used to drive forth each day in a hearse; / From the back she would wail / Through a thickness of veil: / ‘Things do not get better, but worse.’”

Original art and letting from THE LISTING ATTIC, approximately 6 1/3 x 4 2/3 inches (sheet).
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via Edward Gorey Charitable Trust