A Warning piece
Subtitle: A poetical thought, or paraphrase, occasioned by that stupendous and unnatural darkness, or interposing cloud, which obscured the light of the sun on the 19th day of May in the present year 1780, which happened about the same time of the year, and on the self-same day of the week, as did the supernatural eclipse of the sun, at the crucifixion of the Messiah: a circumstance worthy of notice
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 17062; Early American imprints -- no. 16718
Publisher: [s.n.]
Published: 1780
Place of publication: Boston?
Language: eng
Subjects: Solar eclipses; Poetry
Other titles: Ye sons of light, who saw the night.; When I was in my infancy.; Bold conscience and old self.
Notes: Verse of thirty stanzas, printed in two columns; first line: Ye sons of light, who saw the night.

Printed beside the Warning piece on the same sheet is a second poem (Evans 16718), also in two columns: Bold conscience and old self. First lines: When I was in my infancy, Conscience and I did well agree.

Evans 17062

Evans 16718

Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 2214

Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 2275