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. 43799.
Subjects:	Curiosities and wonders > Poetry. Disasters > Religious aspects > Poetry. Forest fires > New England. Repentance > Poetry. Broadsides. Poems > 1780.
Online Access:	Evans Digital Edition

Description
Item Description:	Verse in twenty-two 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; relief cut at head of first column; printed area measures 26.8 x 13.6 cm. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) : illustrations (relief cut) ; 33 x 19 cm. Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Place of Publication:	United States -- Massachusetts -- Boston.