| Index Entry | Lyric, topical [beg] Our groaning country bleeds at every vein |
| Location | Williamsburg |
| Citation | NHG-E.777.005 4 Feb 1777:21 (1/38) Williamsburgh, Virginia, Dec. 27. Fresh and authentic advices from St. Eustatia, bring the agreeable news, that a French fleet of eight sail of the line, and four frigates, . . . [19 lines, fleet has sailed from Brest] Our groaning country bleeds at every vein; Now murders, rapes, fell massacres prevail, And desolation covers all the land! Who can hear this, and not with patriot zeal, . . . [3 more lines] |
| Generic Title | New Hampshire Gazette-Exeter |
| Date | 1777.02.04 |
| Publisher | Fowle, Robert |
| City, State | Exeter, NH |
| Year | 1777 |
| Bibliography | B0023220 |