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.

Includes 2 woodcuts.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. "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.Mode of access: Internet.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