Citation - Newport Mercury: 1769.10.30

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Index Entry H, D, author of lyric [beg] Presumptuous man! Shall now the system fall? 
Location Newport 
Citation
NM.769.050
30 Oct 1769:32 (582)
To the printer of Newport Mercury.
ON THE APPREHENSIONS CONCERNING THE LATE COMET.
Presumptuous man!  Shall now the system fall?
Saturn, Mars, Jupiter, this earth and all,
Fly from their orbits, from their centre's nod,
And, trembling, hasten to the throne of God?
. . . [14 lines, signed] D.H.


Generic Title Newport Mercury 
Date 1769.10.30 
Publisher Southwick, Solomon 
City, State Newport, RI 
Year 1769 
Bibliography B0032273
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