Early American Poetry 1610-1820: A List of Works in the New York Public Library
Canto II and III dated: April 15, 1799; front., iv,
(1)6-44 p.
---- The prayer of an American citizen. (In: The American museum. Philadelphia, 1787. 8º. v. 2, p. 411-413.)
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=Carpenter=, William. A poem on the execution of William Shaw, at Springfield, December 13th, 1770, for the murder of Edward East in Springfield gaol, by William Carpenter. [New York:] C. F. Heartman, 1916. 6 l., folded fac. 8º. (Heartman's historical series, no. 21.)
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=Case=, Wheeler. Revolutionary memorials, embracing poems by the Rev. Wheeler Case, published in 1778.... Edited by the Rev. Stephen Dodd. New York: M. W. Dodd, 1852. iv p., 4 l., (1)14-69 p. 12º.
=NBHD=
Includes reprint of original title-page (with author's name inserted): Poems, occasioned by several circumstances and occurrences in the present grand contest of America for liberty. New Haven: Printed by Tho. and Samuel Green. 1778.
_Contents_: A contest between the eagle and the crane. Composed February, 1776.--A dialogue between Col. Paine and Miss Clorinda Fairchild, when taking leave of her to go on the northern expedition.--St. Clair's retreat, and Burgoyne's defeat.--The first chapter of the lamentations of General Burgoyne.--The fall of Burgoyne.--The vanity of trusting in an arm of flesh.--The tragical death of Miss Jane M'Crea, who was scalped and inhumanly butchered by a scouting party of Burgoyne's army, on his way towards Albany.--An answer for the messengers of the nation.
=Caustic=, Christopher, pseud. _See_ =Fessenden=, Thomas Green.
=Church=, Benjamin, 1734-1776. The choice: a poem, after the manner of Pomfret. Written in the year 1757. By Dr. Benjamin Church, while at college, and at the age of eighteen years. Printed at Worcester: By Isaiah Thomas, jun. April--1802. 1 p.l., (1)4-16 p. 8º.
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Reprinted in E. A. and G. L. Duyckinck, _Cyclopædia of American literature_, New York, 1866, v. 1, p. 231-233, _NBB_.
---- Lines on the accession of George II. (In: Samuel Kettell, Specimens of American poetry. Boston, 1829. 12º. v. 1. p. 156-160.)
=NBH=
---- The times a poem. [By Benjamin Church. Boston, 1765.] 16 p. 8º.
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Title-page lacking, supplied with a photostat facsimile.
A satire on and against the Stamp Act.
Reprinted in Samuel Kettell, _Specimens of American poetry_, Boston, 1829, v. 1, p. 149-156, _NBH_.
---- _See also_ =Pietas= et gratulatio....
=Church=, Edward. The dangerous vice ******* (In: Samuel Kettell, Specimens of American poetry. Boston, 1829. 12º. v. 1, p. 343-347.)
=NBH=
A =Citizen= of Baltimore, pseud. Original poems. _See_ =Townsend=, Richard H.
A =Citizen= of Boston, pseud. The Declaration of Independence; a poem. _See_ =Richards=, George.
The =Clerical= candidates. A poem. Washington City, Nov. 14, 1801. 32 p. 8º.
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This poem was written to point out "the advantages to society, of a clergy whose lives have been devoted to literature and a preparation for their profession, over any to be expected from upstart pretenders without any solid qualification, other than external effrontery."
=Cleveland=, Aaron, 1744-1815. The family blood. A burlesque. (In: Charles W. Everest. The poets of Connecticut. New York, 1860. 8º. p. 32-34.)
=NBH=
First published in C. W. Everest, _The poets of Connecticut_, Hartford, 1843.
Also printed in E. C. Stedman and E. M. Hutchinson, _A library of American literature_, New York, 1889, v. 3, p. 304-306, _NBB_.
---- The philosopher and boy. (In: Charles W. Everest, The poets of Connecticut. New York, 1860. 8º. p. 25-32.)
=NBH=
Written when the author was nineteen years of age.
First published in C. W. Everest, _The poets of Connecticut_, Hartford, 1843.
=Cliffton=, William, 1772-1799. The group: or An elegant representation illustrated. Embellished with a beautiful head of S. Verges, C.S. Philadelphia: Printed for Thomas Stevens, by Lang and Ustick. M.DCC.XCVI. 3 p.l., (1)8-35(1) p., front. (port.) 12º.
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A satire in support of Jay's treaty.
---- Poems, chiefly occasional, by the late Mr. Cliffton. To which are prefixed, introductory notices of the life, character and writings, of the author, and an engraved likeness. New-York: Printed for J. W. Fenno, by G. & R. Waite. 1800. xviii, 119(1) p., front. (port.) 12º.
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The leaf preceding p. [71] is a special title reading: Some account of a manuscript, found among the papers of a French emigrant in London, entitled Talleyrand's descent into Hell. "From the Anchor Club."
Frontispiece, the portrait of the author engraved by D. Edwin, after Field.
Library has another copy in _NBHD_, lacking portrait.
Some of Cliffton's poems are printed in Samuel Kettell, _Specimens of American poetry_, Boston, 1829, v. 2, p. 87-93, _NBH_; also in E. A. and G. L. Duyckinck. _Cyclopædia of American literature_, New York, 1866, v. 1, p. 604-609, _NBB_.
---- To William Gifford, esquire. (In: William Gifford, The Baviad, and Mæviad. Philadelphia, 1799. 16º. p. v-xi.)
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Written for this edition of Gifford's _Baviad, and Maviad_, at the request of the publisher, William Cobbett. Signed and dated: C. Philadelphia 13th May, 1799.
Reprinted in E. A. and G. L. Duyckinck, _Cyclopædia of American literature_, v. 1, p. 606-607, _NBB_.
=Club= of Odd Volumes. Early American poetry [reprints]. v. 1-5. Boston: The Club of Odd Volumes, 1894-98. 5 v. sq. 8º.
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[v.] I. Tompson, Benjamin. New-England's crisis. [v.] II. Morrell, William. New-England. [v.] III. Mather, Cotton. A poem and an elegy. [v.] IV. Elegies and epitaphs, 1677-1717. [v.] V. Wolcott, Roger. The poems of Roger Wolcott, Esq., 1725.
=Cobbett=, William, 1762-1835. French arrogance; or "The cat let out of the bag"; a poetical dialogue between the envoys of America, and X. Y. Z. and the lady. [By William Cobbett] Philadelphia: Published by Peter Porcupine, opposite Christ-Church, and sold by the principal booksellers. 1798. [Price 25 cents.] [Copyright secured according to law.] 2 p.l., (1)6-31 p. 8º.
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Reprinted with type-facsimile title-page in _Magazine of history with notes and queries_, extra no. 44, p. 383-408, _IAG_
=Cobby=, John. Poetic essays on the glory of Christ, and on the divinity and work of the Holy Spirit. By John Cobby. Price eight cents. New-York: Printed by John Tiebout, No. 358, Pearl-Street, for the author. 1797. 1 p.l., (1)4-16 p. 8º.
=NBH p. v. 26, no. 14=
An hymn, composed for, and sung on New-Year's day, 1797, p. [15]-16.
=Cockloft=, Pindar, pseud. _See_ =Irving=, William.
=Coffin=, Robert Stevenson, 1797-1827. The miscellaneous poems of the Boston Bard [i.e., Robert Stevenson Coffin]. Philadelphia: Printed for the author, by J. H. Cunningham. 1818. 1 p.l., (i)iv-xv(i), (1)18-156 p. 24º.
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=Cogswell=, Mason F. _See_ The =Echo=.
=Colman=, Benjamin, 1673-1747. On Elijah's translation, occasioned by the death of the reverend and learned Mr. Samuel Willard. (In: Samuel Kettell, Specimens of American poetry. Boston, 1829. 12º. v. 1, p. 55-61.)
=NBH=
---- A quarrel with fortune. (In: Ebenezer Turell, The life and character of the Reverend Benjamin Colman. Boston, 1729. 8º. p. 24-25.)
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Reprinted in Stedman and Hutchinson, _A library of American literature_, New York, 1889, v. 2, p. 296, _NBB_.
---- To Urania on the death of her first child. (In: E. A. and G. L. Duyckinck, Cyclopædia of American literature. New York, 1866. 8º. v. 1, p. 74.)
=NBB=
First published in Ebenezer Turell, _The life and character of the Reverend Benjamin Colman_, Boston, 1729, p. 188-191, _Reserve_.
=Columbia's= naval triumphs. New-York: Published by Inskeep & Bradford, No. 128 Broadway. J. Seymour, printer. No. 149 John-street. 1813. 3 p.l., (1)3-132 p. nar. 24º.
=NBHD=
The =Columbiad=: Or a poem on the American war. _See_ =Snowden=, Richard.
The =Columbian= muse. A selection of American poetry from various authors of established reputation. New York: Printed by J. Carey, for Mathew Carey, Philadelphia. 1794. 2 p.l., 224 p. 16º.
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_Contents_: Conspiracy of kings; Prospects of peace; by Joel Barlow.--Philosophic solitude, by William Livingston.--An oration which might have been delivered to students in anatomy on the late rupture between the two schools of Philadelphia, by Francis Hopkinson.--Address to the Genius of America; Columbia; Seasons moralized; by Timothy Dwight.--Elegy on the times; Elegy on the death of Mr. Buckingham St. John; Ambition; The critics; by John Trumbull.--Epistle to Col. Humphreys, by Timothy Dwight.--Sketches of American history, by Philip Freneau.--Description of the first American congress; American Revolution; American sages; American painters; American poets; by Joel Barlow.--Eulogium on rum, by Joseph Smith.--An elegy on the burning of Fairfield, Connecticut; Elegy on Lieut. De Hart; Mount Vernon; An ode to Laura; Genius of America; by David Humphreys.--The country meeting, by T. C. James.--Poem written at sea, by Philip Freneau.--The American warrior; Doctrine of consequences; Song; by a South Carolinian aged 17.--Stanzas on the President's birthday.--The fire fly.--The thunder storm.--An epistle to Dr. Dwight; A song translated from the French: by David Humphreys.--Epitaph on a patient killed by a cancer quack; Hypocrite's hope; by Lemuel Hopkins.--An intended inscription, by James Allen.--Depredations and destruction of the Algerines, by David Humphreys.--A winter piece, by Lathrop.--An Indian eclogue, by Joseph Smith.--Future state of the western territory; American winter; On love and the American fair; by David Humphreys.--Benevolence, by Dawes.--The old soldier, by Fentham.--The war-horse, by Doctor Ladd.--On the migration to America, by Philip Freneau.--A pastoral song, by Bradford.--Address to the robin red-breast, by Bayard.--Progress of science, by Evans.--On a lady's birthday, by W. M. Smith.--Description of Jehovah, by Doctor Ladd.--Nature and art, by W. M. Smith.--Cololoo, by William Dunlap.--An elegy, written in February 1791, by Richard Alsop.--The Deity; Creation; New England described; Picture of a New England village; House of sloth; A female worthy; Miseries of war; by Timothy Dwight.--Ella, a Norwegian tale, by William Dunlap.--The country school.--Invocation to Hope.--Prayer to Patience,--Character of St. Tamany, by William Pritchard.
The =Columbian= naval melody; a collection of songs and odes, composed on the late naval victories and other occasions. Boston: Printed by Hans Lund. 1813. 1 p.l., (1)3-94 p., 1 l. 12º.
=NBHD=
The =Comet=: a poem. _See_ =Byles=, Mather.
=Commencement=, a poem. _See_ =Biglow=, William.
=Commercial= Advertiser, New York. The embassina; addressed to the patrons of the Commercial Advertiser, by the carriers--with the compliments of the season. January 1, 1800. (In: Commercial Advertiser. New-York, Jan. 2, 1800. fº. no. 699, p. 1.)
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A poem relating to the events of the preceding year, and Washington's death.
Reprinted in _The Spectator_, New-York, Jan. 4, 1800, no. 238, p. 1.
=Cook=, Ebenezer. An elegy [on] the death of the Honourable Nicholas Lowe, Esq: By E. Cooke. Laureat. (Maryland Historical Society. Fund publication, no. 36, p. 53-56.)
=IAA=
This elegy appeared originally in the _Maryland Gazette_, December 24, 1728.
---- The sot-weed factor: or, A voyage to Maryland. A satyr. In which is describ'd, the laws, government, courts and constitutions of the country; and also the buildings, feasts, frolicks, entertainments and drunken humours of the inhabitants of that part of America. In burlesque verse. By Eben. Cook, Gent. London: Printed and sold by B. Bragg, at the Raven in Pater-Noster-Row. 1708. (Price 6 d.) 1 p.l., 21 p. 12º.
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Reprinted in 1731 in "The Maryland Muse. Containing the History of Colonel N. Bacon's Rebellion in Virginia. Done into Hudibrastic verse from an old ms. II. The Sotweed Factor or, Voyage to Maryland. Annapolis: Printed by William Parks. 1731. fº."
Reprinted in 1865 in number two of Shea's _Early Southern tracts, ISG_.
Third reprint, in modern type, with a photo-facsimile title-page in Maryland Historical Society, _Fund publication_, no. 36, _IAA_.
---- Sotweed redivivus: or the Planters looking-glass. In burlesque verse. Calculated for the meridian of Maryland. By E. C. Gent, [i.e., Ebenezer Cook.] Annapolis: Printed by William Parks, for the Author. M.DCC.XXX. vii, 28 p. 12º.
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Reprinted in modern type, with a photo-facsimile title-page in Maryland Historical Society, _Fund publication_, no. 36, p. 32-52, _IAA_.
=Cooper=, Samuel. _See_ =Pietas= et gratulatio....
=Corlet=, Elijah. Epitaphium Thomas Hooker. (In: Cotton Mather, Johannes in Eremo.... Boston, 1695. 8º. p. 44-45.)
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=Cotton=, John, 1585-1652. [Elegy] On my reverend and dear brother, Mr. Thomas Hooker, late pastor of the church at Hartford on Conecticot. (In: N. Morton, New-Englands memoriall. Cambridge, 1669. 12º. p. 125-126.)
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---- [An epitaph for Sara and Roland Cotton.] (In: Cotton Mather, Magnalia Christi Americana. London, 1702. 4º. book 3, p. 31.)
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Also in the Hartford, 1820, edition, v. 1, p. 260-261 and Hartford, 1855, edition, v. 1, p. 285 of the _Magnalia Christi Americana_.
Also reprinted in Stedman and Hutchinson, _A library of American literature_, New York, 1889, v. 1, p. 253-254, _NBB_.
---- Upon the death of that aged, pious, sincere-hearted Christian John Alden, Esq: late magistrate of New-Plimouth colony, who dyed Sept 12th. 1687. being about eighty nine years of age. [By] J. C. [i.e., John Cotton.] n.p., n.d. Broadside.
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Photo-facsimile. Text in two columns, enclosed in mourning borders.
A =Country= treat upon the second paragraph in His Excellency's speech. _See_ =M.=, S.
=Cow-chace=, in three cantos. _See_ =André=, John.
=Crafts=, William, 1787-1826. A selection, in prose and poetry, from the miscellaneous writings of the late William Crafts. Charleston: C. C. Sebring and J. S. Burges, 1828. 1, 384 p. 8º.
=NBG=
Poetry, p. 229-384.
The =Croakers=. _See_ =Drake=, Joseph Rodman, and FITZ-GREENE HALLECK.
=Croswell=, Joseph. An ode to liberty. Composed by Mr. Joseph Croswell, and sung at the Civic Feast at Plymouth, January 24, 1793. (In: Chandler Robbins, An address delivered at Plymouth, on the 24th day of January, 1793.... Boston, 1793. 8º. p. 19-20.)
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=Crystalina=; a fairy tale. _See_ =Harney=, John Milton.
=Currie=, Helen. Poems, by Helen Currie. Philadelphia: Printed by Thomas H. Palmer. 1818. 2 p.l., (i)vi-viii p., 1 l., (1)8-150 p. 24º.
=NBHD=
=Dabney=, Richard, 1787-1825. Poems, original and translated. By Richard Dabney. Second edition. Philadelphia: Published by M. Carey, No. 121, Chestnut Street. 1815. 1 p.l., (i)iv-viii p., 1 l., (1)8-172 p. nar. 24º.
=NBHD=
=Danforth=, John. Ad politum literaturæ, atque sacrarum literaturum antistitem. Angliæque Americanæ antiquarium callentissimum, reverendum dominum, D. Cottonum Matherum. (In: Cotton Mather, Magnalia Christi Americana. London, 1702. 4º.)
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Text in Latin and English.
Also in later editions of the _Magnalia Christi Americana_, as follows: Hartford, 1820, v. 1, p. 19; Hartford, 1855, v. 1, p. 21.
---- An elegy upon the much lamented decease of the reverend and excellent Mr. Joseph Belcher. Late faithful pastor of the church of Christ in Dedham, N. E. Qui obiit, April 27. Anno Dom. 1723. Ætat. suæ 53. (In: Cotton Mather, A good character. Or, A walk with God characterized. With some dues paid unto the memory of Mr. Joseph Belcher.... Boston, 1723. 8º. p. [25-27.])
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Reprinted in Ebenezer Burgess, editor, _Dedham pulpit_, Boston, 1840, p. 217-218, _ZIY_.
---- Greatness & goodness elegized, in a poem, upon the much lamented decease of the honourable & vertuous Madam Hannah Sewall, late consort of the Honourable Judge Sewall, in Boston, in New-England. She exchanged this life for a better, October, 19th. Anno Dom. 1717. Ætatis suæ 60. [Boston? 1717.] Broadside.
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Text in two columns, enclosed in mourning borders.
=Danforth=, Samuel, 1626-1674. An almanack for the year of our Lord 1647.... Cambridge by Mathew Day. Are to be solde by Hez. Usher at Boston. 1647. 8 l. 16º.
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Photostat facsimile copy.
Poems on leaves 2-7.
---- An almanack for the year of our Lord 1648.... Printed at Cambridge, 1648. 8 l. 16º.
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Photostat facsimile copy.
Poems on leaves 2-7.
---- An almanack for the year of our Lord 1649.... Printed at Cambridge. 1649. 8 l. 16º.
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Poems on leaves 2-7.
=Danforth=, Samuel, 1666-1727. An elegy in memory of the worshipful Major Thomas Leonard Esq. of Taunton in New-England; who departed this life on the 24th. day of November, Anno Domini 1713. In the 73d. year of his age. [By] Samuel Danforth. [Boston: Printed by B. Green? 1713.] Broadside.
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Photo-facsimile.
Text in two columns, enclosed in mourning borders.
The =Dartmoor= massacre. _See_ =W.=, I. H.
=D'Aubigne=, Richard. _See_ =Dabney=, Richard.
=Davis=, Abijah. An oration, delivered at Port-Elizabeth, State of New-Jersey, on the 21st day of March, 1801. By the Rev. Abijah Davis. Philadelphia: Printed for Mathew Carey, No. 118, High-Street, Robert Carr, printer. 1801. 1 p.l., (1)4-24 p. 12º.
=IO(1801) p.v. 1, no. 4=
p. 15-24 in verse.
=Davis=, John, 1721-1809? Coosohatchie. (In: The Monthly magazine and American review for the year 1800. New-York, 1800. 8º. v. 2, p. 80.)
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The village of Coosohatchie is situated about half way between Charleston and Savannah.
---- Horace, Book 1, ode 5, imitated; The shipwreck, a wandering of fancy. (In: The Monthly magazine and American review for the year 1800. New-York, 1800. 8º. v. 2, p. 400.)
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---- Ode to Charleston College; Ode to a cricket; Horace imitated, ode xi, b. 1; Swift imitated, to Lucus George. (In: The Monthly magazine and American review for the year 1800. New-York, 1800. 8º. v. 3, p. 158-159.)
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---- Ode on home; Ode to a medical friend; Ode to the mocking-bird; Plague at Philadelphia; In me-ipsum. (In: The Monthly magazine and American review for the year 1800. New-York, 1800. 8º. v. 2, p. 239-240.)
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---- Ode to Lucus George, on his arrival at New-York from South-Carolina; To Flavia; Ad puerum; Horace imitated, Book II ode xxii; Ode to Lucus George written in South-Carolina; Sonnet to Charlotte Smith, written at Savannah, in Georgia; Ode to the Honourable Judge Grimke, of South-Carolina. (In: The Monthly magazine and American review for the year 1800. New-York, 1800. 8º. v. 2, p. 319-320.)
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---- Ode to a medical friend. (In: The Monthly magazine and American review for the year 1800. New-York, 1800. 8º. v. 3, p. 397.)
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---- Sonnet to the chick-willow. (In: The Monthly magazine and American review for the year 1800. New-York, 1800. 8º. v. 2, p. 480.)
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---- To the evening star; Paraphrase of Buchanan's Latin epigram from the Greek; Ode on Ashley river; On my house at Sullivan's Island; Ode to a cricket. (In: The Monthly magazine and American review for the year 1800. New-York, 1800. 8º. v. 2, p. 159-160.)
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=Davis=, Richard Bingham, 1771-1799. Poems by Richard B. Davis; with a sketch of his life. New York: Printed and sold by T. and J. Swords, No. 160 Pearl-Street. 1807. 3 p.l., (i)viii-xxxi p., 1 l., 154 p. 12º.
=NBHD=
Edited by John T. Irving.
Reviewed in _The monthly anthology and Boston review_, Boston, 1807, v. 4, p. 269-272, * _DA_.
=Dawes=, Thomas, 1757-1825. Benevolence. (In: The American museum. Philadelphia, 1790. 8º. v. 7, appendix 1, p. 33-35.)
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Also printed in _The Beauties of poetry, British and American_, Philadelphia, 1791, p. 126-127, _Reserve_ and in _The Columbian muse_, New York, 1794, p. 169-170, _NBH_.
---- The law given at Sinai. (In: Samuel Kettell, Specimens of American poetry. Boston, 1829. 12º. v. 2, p. 35-37.)
=NBH=
---- Ode on the opening of the bridge over Charles river, from Boston to Charlestown, on the 17th day of June, 1786, being the eleventh anniversary of the Battle of Bunker's-Hill. (In: The American museum. Philadelphia, 1787. 8º. v. 1, p. 183-184.)
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The =Day= of doom. _See_ =Wigglesworth=, Michael.
=Deane=, Samuel. Pitchwood Hill. A poem. Written in the year 1780. By Samuel Deane, D.D. Printed at Portland. 1806. 2 p.l., (1)6-11 p. 16º.
=NBH p.v. 20, no. 8=
"The following elegant little poem is now published without the knowledge of the author. It appeared originally in the _Cumberland Gazette_, March 5, 1785...."--_Editor_.
---- _See also_ =Pietas= et gratulatio....
The =Death= of General Montgomery, at the siege of Quebec. _See_ =Brackenridge=, Hugh Henry.
The =Declaration= of Independence; a poem. _See_ =Richards=, George.
=Democracy=: an epic poem. _See_ =Livingston=, Henry Brockholst.
The =Democratiad=, a poem. _See_ =Hopkins=, Lemuel.
=Denison=, Edward. The lottery, a poem, in two parts. And an ode to war. By St. Denis Le Cadet [pseud. of Edward Denison]. Baltimore: Printed by J. Robinson, for the author. 1815. 1 p.l., (1)4-71(1) p. 12º.
=NBHD=
=Dennie=, Joseph, editor. _See_ The =Spirit= of the Farmers' museum, and lay preacher's gazette.
=De Peyster=, Arent Schuyler, 1736-1799. Miscellanies, by an officer.