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Upon the drying up that ancient river, the river Merrymak.
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- Author/Creator:
- Sewall, Samuel, 1652-1730.
- Series:
- Eighteenth century collections online. Part 2: New editions.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rivers--Massachusetts--Poetry.
- Rivers.
- Rivers--Connecticut--Poetry.
- Merrimack River (N.H. and Mass.)--Poetry.
- Merrimack River (N.H. and Mass.).
- Quinebaug River (Mass. and Conn.)--Poetry.
- Quinebaug River (Mass. and Conn.).
- Connecticut.
- Massachusetts.
- Genre:
- Single sheet verse.
- Broadsides.
- Poems -- 1721.
- Poetry.
- Physical Description:
- 1 sheet ; ?⁰
- Other Title:
- Connecticut's flood, on Merrymak's ebb.
- Place of Publication:
- [New London, Conn.?] : [Printed by Timothy Green?], [1721]
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Notes:
- Verse of thirty-six lines; first line: Long did Euphrates make us glad. Signed and dated: January 15. 1719,20. S.S. [i.e., Samuel Sewall].
- Followed by another poem, entitled, Connecticut's flood, on Merrymak's ebb; first line: And is old Merrymak come to an end? Signed and dated, "Extempore, March 10, 1720,21. Anthropos." Attributed to John Winthrop, of New-London, by M. Halsey Thomas in The diary of Samuel Sewall, New York, 1973, v. 2, p. 1100-1101.
- According to Sewall's diary, an earlier edition of his poem was printed on February 8, 1720/21. No copy is known.
- Imprint suggested by Johnson.
- Printed side by side on sheet; possibly intended to be separated.
- Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns
- Reproduction of original from Boston Public Library.
- Cited in:
- Bristol, B613
- Shipton & Mooney, 39752
- Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 480
- Johnson, H.A. New London, 137
- Wegelin, O. Amer. poetry, 357
- English Short Title Catalog, W6603.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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