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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In this world-hour: lines to Edwin Markham - now

At head of text: Read by MacKaye at the fiftieth anniversary celebration of the writing of "The man with the hoe" .. At end of text: These great lines written by Percy MacKaye, noted poet, in honor of the 50th anniversary.

In this world-hour: lines to Edwin Markham - now

At head of text: Read by MacKaye at the fiftieth anniversary celebration of the writing of "The man with the hoe" .. At end of text: These great lines written by Percy MacKaye, noted poet, in honor of the 50th anniversary.

In this world-hour: lines to Edwin Markham - now

At head of text: Read by MacKaye at the fiftieth anniversary celebration of the writing of "The man with the hoe" .. At end of text: These great lines written by Percy MacKaye, noted poet, in honor of the 50th anniversary.

In this world-hour: lines to Edwin Markham - now

At head of text: Read by MacKaye at the fiftieth anniversary celebration of the writing of "The man with the hoe" .. At end of text: These great lines written by Percy MacKaye, noted poet, in honor of the 50th anniversary.

In the woods again

In the woods again

Brown University

Poetry in fourteen lines; also published entitled "June" At end of text: Thomas William Parsons.

In the time of change

In the time of change

Brown University

Pages [2, 4] blank. Printed in blue. At end of text: for a Happy New Year.

In the streets

In the streets

Brown University

Words of song, without music, in four stanzas with four-line chorus beginning: Germanae Band, be faithful, true. At end of text: November, 1857. Some phrases, such as "We'll conquer Science, Art, and seek their mysteries to unfold," seem to refer to schoolwork; "Germanae" is a Latin word meaning "Sisters" and apparently refers here to female students.

In the silence

In the silence

Brown University

Broadsheet printed in green on cream pasper. Border of leaves and flowers in green on recto on left and right and across top. Poem in six eight-line stanzas. Type-signed at end: May Riley Smith. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

In the silence

In the silence

Brown University

Broadsheet printed in green on cream pasper. Border of leaves and flowers in green on recto on left and right and across top. Poem in six eight-line stanzas. Type-signed at end: May Riley Smith. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

In the shadow of her breast

Printed on heavy paper. Poem in 21 lines. Type-signed at end: Mrs. O.L. Dickerson. Author's full name from ms. signature on Brown University copy. Suggested range of publication dates from internal eivdence and mention of Civil War dead.

In the garden

In the garden

Brown University

Poems on p. [2] and [3] Poem on p. [3]: May the good Lord bless and keep you. On p. [1]: "Canastota Chapter. O.E.S. #64" Page 4 blank. Process copy. Place of imprint and date from internal evidence.

In the early church

In the early church

Brown University

Printed in green on heavy paper in postcard format. Prose poetry. At end of text: Available from R.W. Hart, 22 College St., Toronto, Ont., Canada. Suggested publication date from postmark on Brown University copy.