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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Ah, not to be cut off

Ah, not to be cut off

Brown University

Pages [2]-[3] blank; colophon on page [4] Poetry. Text on page [1] within wide frame of night sky with stars; gold stars in margin. Title from first line; publisher's catalog gives title as: The law of the stars. Type-signed at end of text: Rainer Maria Rilke. "Translation by Stephen Mitchell." From: The Enlightened heart : an anthology of sacred poetry / edited by Stephen Mitchell.

Ah, Mary

Ah, Mary

Brown University

Processed copy. On pink paper. Poem in two stanzas. Date from author's inscription on Brown Univ. copy. Possibly published in New Mexico where author was born.

Ah Blessed Virgin Mary

Ah Blessed Virgin Mary

Brown University

Printed on heavy ivory paper. Title from first line. Poem in two stanzas of five lines each and one of four. Type-signed at end: Philip Lamantia. Removed from portfolio Semina, no. 4.

Ah Blessed Virgin Mary

Ah Blessed Virgin Mary

Brown University

Printed on heavy ivory paper. Title from first line. Poem in two stanzas of five lines each and one of four. Type-signed at end: Philip Lamantia. Removed from portfolio Semina, no. 4.

Ah Blessed Virgin Mary

Ah Blessed Virgin Mary

Brown University

Printed on heavy ivory paper. Title from first line. Poem in two stanzas of five lines each and one of four. Type-signed at end: Philip Lamantia. Removed from portfolio Semina, no. 4.

Aggie songs

Aggie songs

Brown University

Seven songs, without music. All were included in Massachusetts Agricultural College songs (1912), among them "Fight on to victory", by Fred D. Griggs, class of 1913, the one credited song, suggesting recent composition; the typography suggests a date within the decade 1910-1919. The music, as well as further information about authors, etc., is found in the song book. Printed in three columns.

Agassiz

Agassiz

Brown University

At end of text: T.W. Parsons. December, 1873.

Again, O Lord, I pass the line

Title from first line. Pages [2,4] blank. At head of text: Written by A.B. Arnold on entering his ninety-fourth year. Poem in ten numbered four-line stanzas, with five on page [1] and the rest on page [3] At end of text: May 14, 1884.

Again, O Lord, I pass the line

Title from first line. Pages [2,4] blank. At head of text: Written by A.B. Arnold on entering his ninety-fourth year. Poem in ten numbered four-line stanzas, with five on page [1] and the rest on page [3] At end of text: May 14, 1884.

Again, O Lord, I pass the line

Title from first line. Pages [2,4] blank. At head of text: Written by A.B. Arnold on entering his ninety-fourth year. Poem in ten numbered four-line stanzas, with five on page [1] and the rest on page [3] At end of text: May 14, 1884.

Again, O Lord, I pass the line

Title from first line. Pages [2,4] blank. At head of text: Written by A.B. Arnold on entering his ninety-fourth year. Poem in ten numbered four-line stanzas, with five on page [1] and the rest on page [3] At end of text: May 14, 1884.

Again, O Lord, I pass the line

Title from first line. Pages [2,4] blank. At head of text: Written by A.B. Arnold on entering his ninety-fourth year. Poem in ten numbered four-line stanzas, with five on page [1] and the rest on page [3] At end of text: May 14, 1884.

Again, O Lord, I pass the line

Title from first line. Pages [2,4] blank. At head of text: Written by A.B. Arnold on entering his ninety-fourth year. Poem in ten numbered four-line stanzas, with five on page [1] and the rest on page [3] At end of text: May 14, 1884.

Aftermath

Aftermath

Brown University

Poetry in six stanzas; type-signed at end: Patricia Bullins. Mimeographed typescript on white paper. At head of title in upper left: Free poems among friends. "Free poems among friends" had its beginnings in San Francisco in the Spring of 1965. By September of that year publication was continued until 1967 by the Detroit Artist's Workshop, later Detroit Artists' Workshop Press (see "Free poems among friends, Vol. 1, p.[3]"). This issue probably published in San Francisco.

Afterflakes

Afterflakes

Brown University

Printed in blue-gray and black on translucent cream paper. Poem in three five-line stanzas. Type-signed at end: Robert Frost. Imprint information from dealer.

After the ball songster: Extra edition

Printed in six columns. Illustrations in advertisements at bottom of page. Includes text of 22 popular songs and advertisements for song books, sheet music, single songs and other Wehman publications. Includes advertisement in German for Wehman's Deutsch-Amerikanisches Kochbuch. Suggested publication date from latest song copyright mentioned.

After tea in the parlor this bashful young man

Broadsheet printed in colors on heavy white paper. On recto colored illustration of young couple on sofa holding hands; on verso cut of plate of biscuits in green. Title from first line. Advertising card for Cottolene, a mixture of cottonseed oil and beef suet used in cooking. On recto four-line poem about Cottolene; on verso testimonials. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence, especially the clothing.