Wednesday January I. 1701
Subtitle: A little before break-a-day at Boston of the Massachusets
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 1023
Publisher: Printed by Bartholomew Green and John Allen
Published: 1701
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Subjects: New Year in literature
Other titles: Little before break-a-day at Boston ...; Once more! Our God, vouchsafe to shine.
Notes: Verse, in six stanzas, honoring the new century. First line: Once more! Our God, vouchsafe to shine.

By Samuel Sewall. His diary entry for Jan. 2, 1700/01, includes three stanzas; cf. The diary of Samuel Sewall, 1674-1729, ed. by M. Halsey Thomas (New York, 1973) v. 1, p. 440-442.

Another edition has three stanzas; cf. Ford 250.

Imprint from Evans, entry 1023. Evans's entry does not indicate the number of stanzas, and may refer to the three- or to the six-stanza edition.

Printed area measures 27.9 x 14.5 cm.

Evans 1023

Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 251