Upon the drying up that ancient river, the river Merrymak.
| Author/creator | Sewall, Samuel |
| Other author | Winthrop, John, 1681-1747 |
| Other author | Green, Timothy, 1679-1757 printer. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | [New London, Conn.?] : [Printed by Timothy Green?], [1721] |
| Description | 1 sheet ; ?⁰. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text online |
| Subjects |
| General note | 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]. |
| General note | 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. |
| General note | According to Sewall's diary, an earlier edition of his poem was printed on February 8, 1720/21. No copy is known. |
| General note | Imprint suggested by Johnson. |
| General note | Printed side by side on sheet; possibly intended to be separated. |
| General note | Reproduction of original from Boston Public Library. |
| References | Bristol, B613 |
| References | Shipton & Mooney, 39752 |
| References | Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 480 |
| References | Johnson, H.A. New London, 137 |
| References | Wegelin, O. Amer. poetry, 357 |
| References | English Short Title Catalog, W6603. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |
| Genre/form | Single sheet verse. |
| Genre/form | Broadsides. |
| Genre/form | Poems 1721. |
| Other title | Connecticut's flood, on Merrymak's ebb. |
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