A Few lines composed on the Dark Day, of May 19, 1780.

Bibliographic Details
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Boston?] : [publisher not identified], [1780?]
Series:	Early American imprints. Evans (1639-1800) ; no. 43800. Early American imprints. Evans (1639-1800) ; no. 43797.
Subjects:	Curiosities and wonders > Poetry. Disasters > Religious aspects > Poetry. Forest fires > New England. Repentance > Poetry. Broadsides. Poems > 1780.
Online Access:	Evans Digital Edition Evans Digital Edition

Description
Item Description:	Verse in twenty-two numbered stanzas; first line: Let us adore, and bow before, the sovereign Lord of might. The darkness which extended over much of New England was presumably the result of smoke and ashes from a forest fire, trapped in the atmosphere by excessive moisture. Cf. Bumgardner, G.B. American broadsides, 1971, number 57. Text in two columns; printed area measures 29.5 x 15.2 cm. With printers' ornaments separating title from text and at the foot of the second column. In the present edition, the title appears in two lines, the second beginning with the word "of." Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) ; 35 x 22 cm. Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Place of Publication:	United States -- Massachusetts -- Boston.