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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O! thou art excellent as fair

Printed in black and pink on card stock within ornamental border. Four-line poem. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

O, when we came to dear old Smith

Printed in two columns. Title from first line of first song. Text of seven athletic songs with names of tunes, for the Class of 1900 at Smith College. Suggested publication date because the class members are apparently freshmen; the Class of 1900 were freshmen in 1896 and 1897.

O, Thou, whose piercing thought

Title from first line of poem. Poem (or excerpt) in two four-line stanzas. Type-signed at end: Mrs. Sigourney. At end of text: (105); on left below: E.L. Freeman & Son, Printers, Central Falls, R.I. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

O, lovely Dixie's land

O, lovely Dixie's land

Brown University

Caption title. Title and first line the same. Poetry in eleven four-line stanzas printed in black within double line border. At end of text: Baltimore, April 1861; type-signed "M.V." "M.V." is one of the pseudonyms used by the Baltimorian N. G. Ridgely.

O, Honest Abe has sent us back!: Greeting of the First Co. Heavy Artillery, N.H.V. to their friends, on returning fro...

Composed by Geo. B. Griffith. Pages [2] and [3] blank. Title and first line the same. Poetry in 5 numbered eight-line stanzas with chorus, beginning: With patriot love our bosoms thrill. Poem on page [1] printed in two columns divided by broken line within border of type ornaments; printed in blue; decoration within border in black and blue on page [4] United States emblem bearing legend: E pluribus unum above title. At end of poem on page [1] below short rule: At the "Original Headquarters," Fort Constitution, Portsmouth Harbor, N.H.

O what a row: or, The adventures of a steam ship

Printed in two columns divided by line of advertising: Sold wholesale and retail corner of Cross & Fulton Sts. Boston. William Rutter was at above address from 1829 to 1834. Cut of steamship beneath title.

O that we knew!: a poem

O that we knew!: a poem

Brown University

by Caleb D. Bradlee. Poetry. At head of text: Senior pastor of the Church at Harrison Square, Boston. Date between time when Bradlee could reasonably be expected to be "senior pastor" and his death.

O take us Lord unto thy grace

Title from first line of poem. To be sung to the tune: St. Martins. Text of hymn in four four-line stanzas. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

O Syndia O my Syndia Bane

Printed in purple capital letters. Text of song in three stanzas with chorus beginning: O Syndia O my Syndia Bane. Type-signed at end: "Auther." Leonard N. Lawrence.

O star of France

O star of France

Brown University

French fold; printed on double leaves. Printed in green on white paper. At head of title on p. [1]: A Christmas greeting from Alice and Rollo Silver 1942.

O star of Bethlehem!

O star of Bethlehem!

Brown University

Pages [2] and [4] blank. French-fold; printed in red and green on double page on heavy white paper. On page [1] vignettes of bells, reindeer, Christmas trees and poinsettias. Poem in 16 lines. Type-signed at end of poem: A.V.G. - A.G.C. 1964.

O sing to me of Heaven

O sing to me of Heaven

Brown University

Title from first line. Poem in six four-line stanzas. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

O pilgrims of Plymouth

O pilgrims of Plymouth

Brown University

Poem in four four-line stanzas. At end of text: Dedicated to my grand parents of Mayflower ancestry, Colonel Levi Collins Skeele and his wife Huldah Morgan Skeele, by William Kimberley Palmer. Chicopee, Massachusetts U.S.A. November, 1932, A.D.

O me! O life!

O me! O life!

Brown University

Walt Whitman. Printed in red and green on heavy gray paper with initial blocks and type ornament decoration. At end of text:--1958--A Christmas greeting from Alice and Rollo Silver.

O me! O life!

O me! O life!

Brown University

Walt Whitman. Printed in red and green on heavy gray paper with initial blocks and type ornament decoration. At end of text:--1958--A Christmas greeting from Alice and Rollo Silver.

O me! O life!

O me! O life!

Brown University

Walt Whitman. Printed in red and green on heavy gray paper with initial blocks and type ornament decoration. At end of text:--1958--A Christmas greeting from Alice and Rollo Silver.

O lovers fond, O foolish play!

Pages [2] and [4] blank. Printed in purple on white paper. At head of title on page [1] illustration of harp and lute. Title from first line of four-line poem on page [1] On page [3]: Miss Wheeler invites you the a play within a play, Aucassin and Nicolette as spoken by the court of King Rene March [blank] at eight o'clock. Miss Wheeler was probably Mary Colman Wheeler, the founder and head of Miss Wheeler's School in Providence.

O Lord, our God, whose all-embracing love

Text of hymn in five four-line stanzas. Title from first line. Author's name and place and date of publication from ms. notation on Brown University copy.