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All hands ahoy! wake up, old boy, you mustn't here be snoozy : autograph manuscript with corrections.

BIB_ID
416593
Accession number
MA 14050.48
Creator
Donne, William Bodham, 1807-1882, author.
Display Date
England, 1840s
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 24 x 19.8 cm
Notes
Title from first line of poem.
With a small article from an unidentified newspaper, headed "Sleepy veterans", mounted at head of page 1.
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Satirical poem written in response to an article concerning disciplinary steps to be taken at the chapel of Greenwich Hospital to prevent pensioners from falling asleep during divine service.