Upon the drying up that ancient river, the river Merrymak.
| Author/creator | Sewall, Samuel |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | [New London, Conn.?] : [Printed by Timothy Green?], [1721] |
| Description | 1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) |
| Supplemental Content | Evans Digital Edition |
| Subjects |
| Series | Early American imprints. First series ; no. 39752. ^A478749 |
| General note | Verse of thirty-six lines, signed: January 15. 1719,20. S.S. [i.e., Samuel Sewall]. First line: Long did Euphrates make us glad. |
| General note | 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? |
| General note | "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, v. 2, p. 1100-1101. |
| General note | 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. |
| General note | The two poems are printed side by side on the sheet; possibly intended to be separated. |
| 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 |
| Other forms | Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 39752). |
| Genre/form | Broadsides. |
| Genre/form | Poems 1721. |
| Other title | Connecticut's flood, on Merrymak's ebb. |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |