The heavenly manna

To be sung to the tune: Hebron, or any long metre tune. Printed in two columns divided by curvilinear line within border of type ornaments; curvilinear line between poems. At head of title within border vignettes of group of musical instruments between two urns. At head of text: The following lines were composed by Hannah Brownson, of Canterbury, N.H., a sister of the connection of believers usually called Shakers, by reason of a report that was in circulation, that they put a kind of seed into their bread or cake, that so bewitched people joining them, that they never desired to leave. At end of text within border: Printed for Caleb B. Page, or the second Joseph. Date from internal evidence. Another printing of poem is entitled Spiritual cake (cf. Brown University copy HB1626/NH)