Upon the drying up that ancient river, the river Merrymak.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Early American imprints. Evans (1639-1800) ;
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| Online Access: | Evans Digital Edition |
| Item Description: | Verse of thirty-six lines, signed: January 15. 1719,20. S.S. [i.e., Samuel Sewall]. First line: Long did Euphrates make us glad. Followed by a second poem, entitled "Connecticut's flood, on Merrymak's ebb," signed: "Extempore, March 10, 1720,21. Anthropos." First line: And is old Merrymak come to an end? "Connecticut's flood, on Merrymak's ebb" is attributed to John Winthrop of New London by M. Halsey Thomas in The diary of Samuel Sewall, New York, 1973, volume 2, pages 1100-1101. Imprint suggested by Johnson. According to Sewall's diary, an earlier edition of the first poem was printed Feb. 8, 1720/21. No copy is known. The two poems are printed side by side on the sheet; possibly intended to be separated. Electronic resource. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Place of Publication: | United States -- Connecticut -- New London. |