Citation - Essex Gazette: 1773.05.25

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Index Entry Epitaph in Memory of an Honest Sailor, An [t] [beg] Whether sailor or not 
Location Salem 
Citation
EG.773.035
18-25 May 1773:1721 (5/252)
AN EPITAPH IN THE MEMORY OF AN HONEST SAILOR:
Whether sailor or not, for a moment avast;
Poor Tom's mizen-top-sail is laid to the mast.
He'll never turn out, or more heave the lead;
He's now all a-back, nor will sails shoot ahead.
He ever was brisk, and tho' now gone to wreck,
When he hears the last whistle he'll jump upon deck.


Generic Title Essex Gazette 
Date 1773.05.25 
Publisher Hall, Samuel and Ebenezer 
City, State Salem, MA 
Year 1773 
Bibliography B0016199
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