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]
Description1 sheet (1 unnumbered page)
Supplemental ContentEvans Digital Edition
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SeriesEarly American imprints. First series ; no. 39752. ^A478749
General noteVerse of thirty-six lines, signed: January 15. 1719,20. S.S. [i.e., Samuel Sewall]. First line: Long did Euphrates make us glad.
General noteFollowed 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 noteImprint 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 noteThe 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 formsMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction noteElectronic 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/formBroadsides.
Genre/formPoems 1721.
Other titleConnecticut's flood, on Merrymak's ebb.

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