Upon the drying up that ancient river, the river Merrymak

Upon the drying up that ancient river, the river Merrymak.

Author/creator	Sewall, Samuel, 1652-1730
Included Work	Winthrop, John, 1681-1747. Connecticut's flood, on Merrymak's ebb.
Format	Book and Microform
Publication Info	[New London, Conn.?] : [Printed by Timothy Green?], [1721]
Description	1 sheet (1 unnumbered page)
Subject(s)	Rivers--Massachusetts --Poetry. Rivers--Connecticut --Poetry. Merrimac River--Poetry. Quinebaug River--Poetry.

Series	Early American imprints. First series ; no. 39752 Early American imprints. First series ; no. 39752. ^A478749
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.
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
Reproduction note	Joyner- Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 39752).
Genre/form	Broadsides.
Genre/form	Poems 1721.
Other title	Long did Euphrates make us glad.
Other title	And is old Merrymak come to an end?

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