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 land beyond the sea

The land beyond the sea

Brown University

First line same as title. Within ornamental border. Text of hymn in seven six-line stanzas. Type-signed at end of text: Faber. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

The land beyond the sea

The land beyond the sea

Brown University

First line same as title. Within ornamental border. Text of hymn in seven six-line stanzas. Type-signed at end of text: Faber. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

The lamplighter

The lamplighter

Brown University

Poem describes work of lamplighter and hints at request for a tip. Poem describes work of lamplighter and hints at request for a tip. Poetry. Caption title. Within border of type ornaments. Wood-engraving of lamplighter climbing ladder between title and poem. At head of title: January 1, 1818. This comes greeting! A suit is instituted as regular in custom as the year comes round, in a civil action as set forth in the writ against the body politic, by the plaintiff, legally termed The Lamplighter. Poem in four four-line stanzas with two-line refrain and one six-line stanza with two-line refrain.

The lament of the Irish emigrant

Within border of type ornaments. Printed area measures: 21.5 x 11.9 cm. At head of text: Portraying the feelings of an Irish peasant previous to his leaving home, calling up the scenes of his youth, under the painful reflection of having buried his wife and child, and what his feelings will be in America. Publication date suggested because printed on sheet with a poem written in 1846. Printed on single sheet with A parody on The lament of the Irish emigrant, each in separate border; possibly intended to be separated.

The lament of the Irish emigrant

Poetry. Poem in six eight-line stanzas. Author's name not on item. Date suggested by internal evidence. First line: I'm sitting on the stile, Mary.

The lame labor to live

The lame labor to live

Brown University

Within ornamental border. 1 broadsheet. At head of title: To the public Amsterdam, N.Y. January 11th, 1895. The bearer of this met with a misfortune.

The lads who will never return

Within border of type ornaments Tune: Believe me if all those endearing young charms At head of text: In memoriam, November, 1918 - November, 1919

The ladies' song

The ladies' song

Brown University

Pages [2] and [4] blank. To be sung to the tune: Auld lang syne. Poem in five eight-line stanzas. At end of text: Composed by Rev. Brown E. Smith for the Ladies' Circle of the Immanuel Baptist Church. Place of publication from ms. notation on Brown University copy; suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

The lace workers

The lace workers

Brown University

Page [4] blank. At end of text: Mrs. S.R.H. Giles, Hyde Park, Mass. Miss M.J. B--n. Miss E.S. B--n.

The La Grippe

The La Grippe

Brown University

Alexander B. Beard, author. Printed in black on off-white paper within ornamented curvilinear line border. Portrait at left of title, bearing legend: The Author. At end of poem within border: Address of the author, 201 Winter St., W. Manchester, N.H.

The La Grippe

The La Grippe

Brown University

Alexander B. Beard, author. Printed in black on off-white paper within ornamented curvilinear line border. Portrait at left of title, bearing legend: The Author. At end of poem within border: Address of the author, 201 Winter St., W. Manchester, N.H.

The kultchural exchange

The kultchural exchange

Brown University

At end of text: A free poem for Seattle, May 1971. Arranged by Toothpick, Lisbon and Orcas Islands. First edition. Streeter, Dorn, A22. Selfwrappers.

The Klondyke River

The Klondyke River

Brown University

Printed in dark blue on heavy paper. Poem in five four-line stanzas. Type-signed at end: Della M. Blaker. Possible range of publication dates from internal evidence.

The kings of England

The kings of England

Brown University

French fold; printed on double leaves. On page [1]: Ye kings of England with cover design by W. Appleton Aiken.