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The lines on this sheet, were composed by the unfortunate Russell, while laying in irons in the Moro-Castle : who has been prevented from obtaining a livelihood in the ordinary pursuits of life, from wounds received in battle.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Russell, P.
- Series:
- Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 51243.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dighton--Poetry.
- Dighton.
- Love poetry.
- Sailors--Poetry.
- Sailors.
- Prisoners--Poetry.
- Prisoners.
- History.
- West Indies--History--Poetry.
- West Indies.
- Genre:
- Broadsides.
- Poems -- 1814.
- Begging poems.
- Poetry.
- Physical Description:
- 1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) ; 56 x 46 cm
- Place of Publication:
- [United States] : [publisher not identified], [1814?]
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Contents:
- Filial affection (first line: In my youth I was blest by the smiles of a mother)
- Russell's adieu. Or the lover's parting epistle (first line: Farewell my dear Charlotte, adieu my dear truelove)
- Russell's adventures. Being a concise detail of the various incidents which have befallen the author during the last ten years of his life (first line: I was born in New-Hampshire in Hillsborough County)
- Russell's reflections occasioned by a retrospective view of the scenes of his own life (first line: In my youth I was nurs'd by the goddess of peace)
- Love and misfortune (first line: I enter'd the mansion where dwelt my dear Charlotte)
- The escape from Basseterre. ... (first line: Come all ye bold seamen who plough the rough main).
- Notes:
- Six poems.
- The only known copy, held by the American Antiquarian Society, is dated 1814 in a contemporary hand.
- The sheet is divided into four quadrants, with one or two poems printed in two columns within ornamental borders in each quadrant; title printed within ornamental border of upper left quadrant; printed area measures 48.3 x 43.3 cm.
- Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 51243).
- Contains:
- Filial affection.
- Russell's adieu.
- Russell's adventures.
- Russell's reflections.
- Love and misfortune.
- Escape from Basseterre.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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