The shipwreck : showing what sometimes happens on our sea coasts : also, giving a particular account of a pool sailor boy, who was refused any assistance by the wreckers, and who died in consequence of their inhuman conduct.
Bibliographic Citation:
The shipwreck : showing what sometimes happens on our sea coasts : also, giving a particular account of a pool sailor boy, who was refused any assistance by the wreckers, and who died in consequence of their inhuman conduct. London : Religious Tract Society, 56, Paternoster Row [between 1822 and 1886]
Alternative Title:
Poor sailor boy
Publisher:
Religious Tract Society, 56, Paternoster Row [between 1822 and 1886]
Notes:
  • Undated. Date from publisher's form of name and years of activity at address, cf. P.A.H. Brown. London publishers and printers, p. 157.
  • First sentence: "In winter's rude storm, when the tempests blow loud, And the hail drives full hard 'gaist the door, And babes run together, like lambs in a crowd, And cling to their mother, as, forth from a coud, Fresh and deep-roaring torrents still pour: When wolves through the forest in savageness scowl, And poor lambs cry for help, but in vain; And tigers for slaughter rush forward and howl, And wreckers, as cruel, do savagely prowl Round the shores of the dark-troubled main: 'Tis then the poor bark often sinks in the wave, And brave seamen go down to the dead; No harbour, nor vessel, nor mertal, save, to snatch one poor soul from a watery grave, Or in pity to hold up his head. "
  • Includes 2 woodcuts.
  • Copy in McGill Library Rare Books and Special Collections: bound with 22 other works subsequent to publication; with binder’s spine title: Tales etc.; marbled paper over boards.
Physical Description:
text.chapbook.black and white, 10 x 6 cm.
Language:
English
Chapbook Category:
Religious and Moral
Digital Collection:
McGill Library's Chapbook Collection
Sponsor:
The McGill Library's Chapbook Collection was made possible through a generous donation from the Harold Crabtree Foundation.
Copyright:
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Chapbook Identifier:
PN970_R4_S55_1822_003528090