I found the recitation by Googling for "in the window broad and high."Newspapers.com has several examples listed for this recitation:
- Marshall County Republican - 19 October 1876
- Boston Globe 18 February 1962 (from a column titled "Songs & Poems of Long Ago")
- New England Farmer 14 October 1876
- The New Century Speaker (1901) - attributed to Will Carleton
- The The American Reciter and Reader - again attributed to Will Carleton
And many others.