Upon the drying up that ancient river, the river Merrymak.
by Sewall, Samuel
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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.
Bristol B613.
Shipton & Mooney 39752.
Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 480.
Johnson, H.A. New London, 137.
Wegelin, O. Amer. poetry, 357.
Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 39752)
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