Thoughts of other days

Poet asks aid because of amputated limbs. Poet asks aid because of amputated limbs. Printed on heavy paper in blue within ornamental border. At head of text: Composed by E.C. Osborn. Poem in eight four-line stanzas. At end of text: Price--Anything you please to give. E.C. Osborn. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence. Variants of this poem exist naming other authors and other causes for physical handicap; cf. Brown University items HB16543 and HB31271.