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. 49752.
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 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 25.8 x 14.8 cm. With printers' ornaments separating title from text. In the present edition, the title appears in two lines, the second beginning "1780." Not in Evans or Bristol. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) ; 37 x 18 cm.
Place of Publication:	United States -- Massachusetts -- Boston.