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 Gospel trumpet

The Gospel trumpet

Brown University

Page [1] and [4] blank. Poetry printed within ornamental border (Reilly 583, 651). Date and place supplied; border used by Peter Timothy of Charleston.

The Gospel rule

The Gospel rule

Brown University

Printed on yellow silk within border of type ornaments. At end of text below lower border: Gould & Bart, Printers, Littlestown, Pa. Poem in five eight-line stanzas. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

The gospel of beauty: being the new "creed of a beggar"

by that vain and foolish mendicant Nicholas Vachel Lindsay .. Corners rounded. Text in two paragraphs set in capitals. Paragraph No. 1 headed: Prologue, paragraph 2 headed: The new localism. C.K. Byrd Check list No. 20 in Indiana University Bookman, 5, December, 1960.

The Gospel light: an ode

In two stanzas. "Tune, 'Ode on Science'"--Below title. Place of publication and range of publication dates from information in Providence directory, 1832 and 1834 issues, and in Brown & Brown. Directory of printing in R.I. to 1865 (address given in the 1832 directory as 9 Market-square, Providence) Printed area measures 15.4 x 10.5 cm. Printed within border of type ornaments. First line: O'er Judah's land a light appears.

The Gospel invitation

The Gospel invitation

Brown University

At head of text, two lines in italics in different meter. Poem in 28 lines.

The Gospel chain

The Gospel chain

Brown University

By John Mc'Kenney, Saco, Me. Broadsheet, containing chiefly religious poems and miscellanea. On p. [2] below Epitaph: Printed for the glory of God and the good of the people. January 1st, 1847. A New Year's present to friends in Derry. S.B. ... Prayer[s?] desired. Sylvanus Brown, with his friends and family, desire the pra[yers? of] all the godly for him ... At end, copy of certificate of ordination of Sylvanus Brown issued in Salisbury, Mass., on Dec. 7, 1836, with printed signatures: Luther Baker, J.V. Himes (since turned Millerite), Elijah Shaw, Mark Fernald.

The golden wedding

The golden wedding

Brown University

Printed in gold within single rule. Poem in one six-line stanza and seven four-line stanzas. At end of text, in brackets: N.Y. Evening Post. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

The golden wedding

The golden wedding

Brown University

Printed in gold within single rule Poem in one six-line stanza and seven four-line stanzas. At end of text, in brackets: N.Y. Evening Post Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence Hay Broadsds Harris copy: Removed from Gaylord binding; left margin mutilated.

The golden rule: Campaign hymn

Words by Rev. Theron Brown. Poetry. Printed in one and two columns; double rule above text. To be sung to the tune: Auld lang syne. Text of song in five numbered eight-line stanzas with chorus. Date suggested because song defends the gold standard and opposes free silver; no party or candidate is named.