Pity the blind

Composed by Miss Nancy J. Smith, a poor blind woman. Poem in seven eight-line stanzas. At head of title two-line verse, with first line: "Do unto others as we would. Attribution questionable: one of several broadsides on a wide variety of subjects purporting to have been written by Nancy J. Smith, variously described. The text appears to suggest a publication date in the later part of the 19th century; cf. reference to a "large steamer". Printed area: 22.4 x 6.7 cm.