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 whole moisty night

The whole moisty night

Brown University

Poem. At end of text: Robert Bly. Line illustration in gray; printed on light gray card stock; verso printed as postcard.

The white rime of the winter

Printed in colors on heavy white paper; text in black. Above, below and at right of poem colored illustration of pink roses and snowdrops. Title from first line. Type-signed at end of poem: Copyright. Fannie Rochat. In lower right corner: Lord & Taylor, New York. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

The white pilgrim

The white pilgrim

Brown University

Within border of type ornaments. At end of text: Jan. 4th, 1842.

The White House soliloquy

By C.F. Bishop. Within double-line border. At head of text: (Copyright 1888.) Poem in 63 lines.

The white heron

The white heron

Brown University

Processed manuscript copy. Imprint and author information from publisher.

The Western Solomon, and The soldier's return

Tune: Washington's March. Printed in two columns, divided by line of type ornament sections. Woodcut of medallion at head of title. At end of text: Printed by N. Coverly, No. 16 Milk-Street, Boston.

The week's calendar

The week's calendar

Brown University

Poetry. Printed on glossy white paper. At left of text colored illustration of yellow flowers. Type-signed at end: Martha Leaton.

The wedding of the rose and the lotus: A poem written on the completion of the Panama Canal, showing how the genius o...

Nicholas Vachel Lindsay. At end of poem: California day, Feb. 20, 1915. Poem within ornamental border. Originally published in 1912 under title: The wedding of the rose and the lotus : a poem written on the near-completion of the Panama Canal. First lines: Flags of the Pacific and the Atlantic meet.

The Webster Whigs, tho' fond of show

Poetry. Within ornamental border. Title from first line. At head of text illustration of uniformed monkey (representing Winfield Scott) with caption "Old Fuss and Feathers"

The Webster Whigs, tho' fond of show

Poetry. Within ornamental border. Title from first line. At head of text illustration of uniformed monkey (representing Winfield Scott) with caption "Old Fuss and Feathers"

The Webster Whigs, tho' fond of show

Poetry. Within ornamental border. Title from first line. At head of text illustration of uniformed monkey (representing Winfield Scott) with caption "Old Fuss and Feathers"