Search Results: Poetry/Verse (251) from Eclectibles

[Michigan], c.1863. Fine; some light browning.. A Civil War-era song sheet composed from the point of view of an amputee by V. W. Bruce, Co. A., 17th Michigan Infantry. Sung to tune of "By cool Siloam's shady rill", the lyrics lament the loss of a foot "which proudly tread / The soil of Tennessee" and served its owner well. Printed on wove paper (12" by 4.5") in single column with typographical border. Two copies in OCLC (Jan. 2022).

Georgetown, MA, 1885-1889. Front cover detached. Back strip missing. Back cover mostly detached. Damage to binding. . A diary of a young woman from Georgetown, MA, named Charlotte Osgood. Her family were prominent in local society. Covering four years, the journal starts with almost daily entries. As the years progress, the entries diminish in frequency, but are always picked up again during some of the exciting times in Charlotte's life. For example her trip to Provincetown in August of 1886. Charlotte also toured at Perkins School for the Blind and met Laura Bridgmen (the first American blind and deaf individual to be educated). The rest of her entries generally start with a note on the current weather, and detail her activities for the day. Such as who visited who, and where she went. Her daily activities consisted of a variety of meetings, such as church meetings, choir meetings, and missionary meetings. Charlotte loved music and often went to concerts and plays. Some of the quotes do… Read More

friendship album, poetry, women's history, motherhood, infant death A friendship album belonging to Mary Ann Pratt (1813- c.1880) who lived in Livonia, NY, dating from 1829-1835. The majority of the album entries are from 1830-1832 and appear to be from her local friends from the surrounding towns of Mt. Morris, and Dansville, NY, though there are a few entries from 1834-1835 after her marriage to Frederick Stanley (c. 1807- c. 1870). The entries mostly consists of poems, with some original works, as well as short notes, whose general themes touch on memory, friendship, morality, heaven, and time. There is a acrostic poem of Mary's full name done by her friend, Bradner. There are three (3) pages of tucked in the pages with different verses dealing with the death of an infant child. It is unclear who wrote these poems as they are neither addressed to Mary Ann, or signed and or dated by a friend or family member. Additionally, no record of Mary Ann losing an infant child could be found, though that is… Read More

Salem MA: Parker Brothers, 1890. Surface and edge wear on box from handling. A 5 1/2" x 5 1/2" x 3/4" lidded press board box with applied litho and paper label. The label depicts numerous books in a large bowl. The bowl is atop another book titled A Game. Content includes 35 playing card size cards. The reverse of the cards are in an array of print designs and colors, presumably to represent different books as seen on the cover illustration. The face of each card has a series of quotes by a particular author. The object of the game is to identify the author and the work when the quote is read aloud. Also includes a 4pp instruction for play with two different methods of play; the Salem Method and "Another Popular Method" - adapted for a large company or school. According to the instructions the game is suited for any number of players. The instructions do not indicate how many playing cards were in the original deck. There are 35 cards present. Authors cross a broad… Read More

London.: Rock & Co., c1840. A 2 3/4" x 3 3/4" letter sheet with intricate embossed border design. Lithograph of the music and first two verses for "The Kiss, Dear Maid!" Music by Beethoven. Verse by Lord Byron. Reverse is blank. Rock & Co. London embossed at base.Presumably a love token.

[1880s]. Edge chip upper left margin. Glue residue on reverse. . A Victorian chromolithographed interpretation of the nursery verse "Monday's Child... Includes seven (7) vignettes with a young girl depicting each day of the verse concluding with Sunday's child at center "But the child that is born on the Sabba'day is wise & bonny & good & gay". Reverse is blank. Measures 13.75 by 10.5 inches