Unrecorded Georgia Literary Broadside

[Georgia]: Culpepper, J.R.:

The Bee Hive. A Swarm of Bees. A Father's Counsel To Daughter [caption title].

Americus, GA: [early 20th century]. Broadside, 12.25 x 9.5 inches, printed in two columns inside a four-line border. Moderate staining, foxing, and edge wear, several short closed edge tears, tiny hole in left column just touching one letter, small hole near top right in blank area, tiny chip to top right corner. Good condition. Item #12899

A delightful and seemingly unrecorded poetry broadside from a Georgia father named J.R. Culpepper, written as "counsel" to his daughter. Culpepper was obviously interested in bees, attested to by the title of the poem as well as the poem's construction. The poem is arranged in two columns, consisting of twenty-four four-line stanzas written in alphabetical order (combining X, Y, and Z into one stanza at the end). Each line begins with the letter "B" and is followed by four lines of poetry, each beginning with the same letter of the alphabet, offering fatherly advice. For example, the first stanza reads in full:

"B Aspiring for a place on the record of fame,
B Ashamed of all that would tarnish your name,
B Attentive to your duties as a student, my child,
B Ambitious to succeed, B Amiable, B Mild."

We were unable to locate any other copies of this broadside in OCLC or elsewhere.

Price: $250