A Few lines composed on the Dark Day, of May 19, 1780
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 43800; Early American imprints -- no. 43797
Publisher: [s.n.]
Published: 1780
Place of publication: Boston?
Language: eng
Subjects: Curiosities and wonders; Poetry; Disasters; Religious aspects; Forest fires; Repentance
Other titles: Let us adore, and bow before, the sovereign Lord of might.
Notes: 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, no. 57.

Text in two columns; printed area measures 29.5 x 15.2 cm.

Bristol B5087

Shipton & Mooney 43800

Shipton & Mooney 43797

Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 2268

Wegelin, O. Amer. poetry, 586