Harris Broadsides

Broadsides are single-sheet publications, often issued as ephemera or announcements. The Harris Broadsides Collection is a comprehensive collection of American poetry published in broadside format from colonial times to the present. The collection offers materials covering a broad spectrum of American life, and includes poetry of every description: 18th and 19th century ballads, verse describing newsworthy events, poetic effusions of sentimentality and patriotism, comic verse, and much more. When completed, this digital project will include over 20,000 titles.
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The Macedonian cry

The Macedonian cry

Brown University

To be sung to the tune: Scots wha hae' Contains score. Hymn in six four-line stanzas. At end of text: Words by Amos Sutton. Lith. by WN Nassau St. N.Y. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

The lyre degenerate

The lyre degenerate

Brown University

Cover title. At head of text: The literature of the soul of nature as found in the great poets is inspiring... Green-gray paper printed in black.

The lyre degenerate

The lyre degenerate

Brown University

Cover title. At head of text: The literature of the soul of nature as found in the great poets is inspiring... Green-gray paper printed in black.

The lyre degenerate

The lyre degenerate

Brown University

Cover title. At head of text: The literature of the soul of nature as found in the great poets is inspiring... Green-gray paper printed in black.

The lynchers

The lynchers

Brown University

French fold; printed on double leaves.

The Lyceum boys: Lyceum song

To be sung to the tune: Fair Harvard. Words, without music, of song in three numbered eight-line stanzas with four-line chorus beginning: O, the Lyceum boys. O, the Lyceum boys. Suggested range of dates from internal evidence, especially mention of a tree planted in "the year thirty-three" that is now a "stately old tree."

The Lyceum boys: Lyceum song

To be sung to the tune: Fair Harvard. Words, without music, of song in three numbered eight-line stanzas with four-line chorus beginning: O, the Lyceum boys. O, the Lyceum boys. Suggested range of dates from internal evidence, especially mention of a tree planted in "the year thirty-three" that is now a "stately old tree."

The Lyceum boys: Lyceum song

To be sung to the tune: Fair Harvard. Words, without music, of song in three numbered eight-line stanzas with four-line chorus beginning: O, the Lyceum boys. O, the Lyceum boys. Suggested range of dates from internal evidence, especially mention of a tree planted in "the year thirty-three" that is now a "stately old tree."

The lumber jack's prayer

Broadside printed on card stock. Verse prayer on recto, prose Answer on verso. At end of text on verso logotypoe with initials I.W.W., for Industrial Workers of the World, the Wobblies. Prayer in eight four-line stanzas. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

The lowly students

The lowly students

Brown University

Processed copy. Printed with other poetry. To the tune of this is the army.

The low anemone

The low anemone

Brown University

Edward R. Campbell. Printed on birch bark; edges irregularly cut. Initial block. Poem in five five-line stanzas. At end of text below rule: From "The heroine of Scutari and other poems," 1857. This, and many other "Notable lyrics of Vermont," will soon appear in "Minstrels and minstrelsy of Vermont"--a select anthology prepared by the editor of Drift-Wind, and now in press. Place of publication, publisher and suggested range of publication dates from dealer when Brown University copy was acquired with other birch bark broadsides.

The love of Christ

The love of Christ

Brown University

Printed in gold and colors on heavy white paper within embossed illustrated border. At head of title colored illustration of little girl reading to another girl and boy. Poem in two six-line stanzas. At end of poem: The Son of Man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.--Matt. XX.28. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

The lost one

The lost one

Brown University

Poetry. Initial block. Type signed at end of text: Cecil Hemley. Catalog entitled Unicorn Books 1966-1978 states item is overstock from Unicorn Folio Series I, no. 23 and was printed in edition of 25 copies.

The lost house

The lost house

Brown University

Illustrations include row of animals at side borders, row of buildings and objects (hat, plow, etc.) at top border, row of ships at bottom border; at head of first column boy pointing out house to another boy; at head of center column tavern scene with men fighting; at head of third column man entering tavern; in third column at head of third poem man seated beside table. At head of third poem, in brackets below illustration: [From The temperance minstrel] At end of center column within border: By N. Boynton, Boston; at center below lower border: H. Bowen's Chemical Print Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence Hay Broadsds Harris copy: Faded; hemmed on side and bottom edges; two small holes without loss of text or illustrations.

The lost house

The lost house

Brown University

Printed on cotton cloth in three columns divided by lines of type ornaments within border of small illustrations. Illustrations include row of animals at side borders, row of buildings and objects (hat, plow, etc.) at top border, row of ships at bottom border; at head of first column boy pointing out house to another boy; at head of center column tavern scene with men fighting; at head of third column man entering tavern; in third column at head of third poem man seated beside table. At head of third poem, in brackets below illustration: [From The temperance minstrel] At end of center column within border: By N. Boynton, Boston; at center below lower border: H. Bowen's Chemical Print. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

The loss of the Evening Star

Composed by A.W. Harmon. Poetry in 26 four-line and 1 two-line stanzas printed in two columns divided by double rule; within ornamental border. Publication date suggested by Harmon's dateable broadside "Great conflagration in Portland, July 4th, 1866," with same border.