Adams, John, 1704-40. Poems on several occasions, original and translated. By the late reverend and learned John Adams, M.A. Boston: Printed for D. Goodkin, in Marlborough-Street, over against the Old South Meeting House. 1745. 4 p.1., 176 p. 16°. Reserve

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848. On the discoveries of Captain Lewis. (In: The Monthly anthology and Boston review. Boston, 1807. 8°. v. 4, p. 143-144.) * DA Also printed in E. A. and G. L. Duyckinck's Cyclopedia of American literature, New York, 1866, v. 1, p. 395, NBB.

All the world's a stage. A poem, in three parts. The stranger. Newburyport: Printed by William Barrett. 1796. 15 [really 14, p. 8°. Reserve

The name "I. Storey" is written on the title in a contemporary hand, in the place where the author's name is usually printed; the reference being undoubtedly to Isaac Story, who was born at Marblehead in 1774, and published his first poem, An Epistle from Yarico to Inkle, in 1792.

Allen, Benjamin, 1789-1829. Miscellaneous poems, on moral and religious subjects: By Osander pseud. of Benjamin Allen). Hudson: Printed by Wm. E. Norman No. 2, Warren Street. 1811. 2 p.1., 7(1) p., 21., 11-180 p. 16°. NBHD

New-York: Printed by J. Seymour, Sold by Griffin and Rudd, agents for the publisher; 189, Greenwich-St. 1812. 4 p.l., 5-180 p. 24°. NBHD

Published to aid the author to study for the ministry.

Urania, or The true use of poesy; a poem. By B. Allen, Jun. New-York: Published by A. H. Inskeep, and Bradford & Inskeep. Philadelphia. 1814. 3 p.l.. (1)8192 p. 24°. NBHD

Page 8 is wrongly numbered p. 5.

Allen, Mrs. Brasseya, 1760 or 1762-18-? Pastorals, elegies, odes, epistles, and other poems. By Mrs. Allen. (Copy right

secured.) Abingdon, (Md.): Printed by Daniel P. Ruff. 1806. 5 p.l., (1)10-163 p. 16°. NBHD

Dedicated to Thomas Jefferson.

Allen, James, 1739-1808. An intended inscription written for the monument on Beacon-Hill in Boston, and addressed to the passenger. (In: American poems, selected and original. Litchfield, 1793. 12°. p. 199-201.) Reserve and NBH Also printed in The Columbian muse, New York, 1794, p. 146-147, NBH, and in Samuel Kettell, Specimens of American poetry, Boston, 1829, v. 1, p. 170171, NBH.

Lines on the Boston massacre. (In: Samuel Kettell, Specimens of American poetry. Boston, 1829. 12°. v. 1, p. 162-165.) NBH

Written in 1772 but not published till 1782.

[Poem On Washington's visit to Boston, 1789. (In: Samuel Kettell, Specimens of American poetry. Boston, 1829. 12°. p. 171-173.) NBH

Poem, written in Boston, at the commencement of the late Revolution. (In: American poems, selected and original. Litchfield, 1793. 12°. p. 193–199.) Reserve and NBH

The retrospect. (In: Samuel Kettell, Specimens of American poetry. BosNBH ton, 1829. 12°. v. 1, p. 165–170.)

Cambridge... Hilliard & Metcalf. 1813. 2 p.l., (i)vi-vii p., 11., (1)12-168 p. 12°. NBHD

The first edition was published in London, 1813. Contents: The sylphs of the seasons, a poet's dream, p. 11-43. The two painters, a tale, p. 4586.- Eccentricity, p. 87-113. The paint-king, p. 115-129. Myrtilla, p. 131-141. To a lady, who spoke slightingly of poets, p. 143-147. Sonnets, p. 149-154. The mad lover at the grave of his mistress, p. 155-158. First love, a ballad, p. 159–161. The complaint, p. 162-164. Will, the maniac, a ballad, p. 165-168.

In addition to the poems mentioned in the previous entry, includes America to Great Britain. This poem, written in 1810, was inserted by Coleridge in the first edition of his Sibylline leaves, London, 1817, p. 276-278, with the following note: "This poem, written by an American gentleman, a valued and dear friend, I communicate to the reader for its moral, no less than its poetic spirit."

Alsop, George, b. 1638. A character of the province of Maryland, wherein is described in four distinct parts, (viz.) 1. The scituation, and plenty of the province. II. The laws, customs, and natural demeanor of the inhabitant. III. The worst and best usage of a Maryland servant, opened in view. IV. The traffique, and vendable commodities of the country. Also a small treatise on the wild and naked Indians (or Susquehanokes) of Mary-Land, their customs, manners, absurdities, & religion. Together with a collection of historical letters. By George Alsop. London, Printed by T. J. for Peter Dring, at the sign of the Sun in the Poultrey: 1666. 10 p.l., 118 p., 21., 1 port. (8°.) Reserve

1 facsimile portrait inserted.

Poems on the following pages: p.l. 6-7; p. 26, 4445, 55, 75-80, 82-83, 103-104, 108-111.

A new edition with an introduction and copious historical notes. By John Gilmary Shea... New York: William Gowans, 1869. 125 p., 1 map, 1 port. 8°. (Gowans' Bibliotheca Americana. no. 5.) ISG and IAG

Includes a type-facsimile title-page. Reissued as Fund publication, no. 15, of the Maryland Historical Society, IAA,

Reprinted from the original edition of 1666. With introduction and notes by Newton D. Mereness... Cleveland: The Burrows Brothers Company, 1902. 113 p., 1 map, 1 pl., 1 port. 8°. ISG Includes a reduced photo-facsimile of original titleNo. 145 of 250 copies printed.

page.

Alsop, Richard, 1761-1815. The charms of fancy: a poem in four cantos, with notes. By Richard Alsop. Edited from the original manuscripts, with a biographical sketch of the author, by Theodore Dwight.

This poem was mostly written before 1788.

Elegy. (In: E. A. and G. L. Duyckinck, Cyclopædia of American literature. New York, 1866. 8°. v. 1, p. 497.) NBB An elegy written in February 1791. (In: American poems, selected and original. Litchfield, 1793. 12°. p. 251-255.) Reserve and NBH Also printed in The Columbian muse, New York, 1794, p. 190-194, NBH.

Extract from the Conquest of Scandinavia; being the introduction to the fourth book. (In: American poems, selected and original. Litchfield, 1793. 12°. p. 272-284.) Reserve and NBH Habakkuk, chap. III. (In: American poems, selected and original. Litchfield, 1793. 12°. p. 263-264.)

Reserve and NBH

The incantation of Ulfo. From the Conquest of Scandinavia. (In: Samuel Kettell, Specimens of American poetry. Boston, 1829. 12°. v. 2, p. 61-67.) NBH

A poem; sacred to the memory of George Washington, late president of the United States, and commander in chief of the armies of the United States. Adapted to the 22d of Feb. 1800. By Richard Alsop. Hartford: Printed by Hudson and Goodwin. 1800. 23 p. 8°. Reserve

This poem was delivered by Richard Alsop before the citizens of Middletown, Conn., at the memorial service of February 22, 1800.

Twilight of the Gods; or Destruction of the world, from the Edda, a system of ancient Scandinavian mythology. (In: American poems, selected and original. Litchfield, 1793. 12°. p. 265-272.) Reserve and NBH

Verses to the shearwater on the morning after the storm at sea. (In: Samuel Kettell, Specimens of American poetry. Boston, 1829. 12°. v. 2, p. 60-61.) NBH

Versification of a passage from the fifth book of Ossian's Temora. (In: American poems, selected and original. Litchfield, 1793. 12°. p. 255-262.) Reserve and NBH See also The Echo; The Political greenhouse for the year 1798.

An American, pseud. Crystalina; a fairy tale. See Harney, John Milton.

An American, pseud. See Oppression, a poem.

An American, pseud. See Prime, Benjamin Young.

"The first general collection of poetry ever attempted in this country.' -C. W. Everest, Poets of Connecticut, Hartford, 1843, p. 103.

The editorship is attributed by Everest to Dr. Elihu Hubbard Smith, but the postscript to the preface of the work p. [vi] refers to "the ill health of one of the editors.'

The Reserve copy contains the autographs of Daniel Crocker, Samuel Austin, and Samuel G. Drake.

Contents: Elegy on the times; Elegy on the death of Mr. Buckingham St. John; Ambition; Prophecy of Balaam; Downfall of Babylon; Speech of Proteus to Aristæus; by John Trumbull. Trial of faith; Address to genius of Columbia; Columbia; The seasons moralized; A hymn; A song; The critics; Epistle to Col. Humphreys; by Timothy Dwight.

The pros

pect of peace; A poem spoken at commencement at Yale College; Elegy on Titus Hosmer; by Joel Barlow. Elegy on burning of Fairfield, Connecticut; Elegy on Lieut. De Hart; Mount Vernon; An ode addressed to Laura; Genius of America; Epistle to Dr. Dwight; A song translated from the French; by David Humphreys. - Epitaph on a patient killed by cancer quack; Hypocrite's hope; On general Ethan Allen; by Lemuel Hopkins. · -An oration which might have been delivered to students in anatomy on the late rupture between two schools in Philadelphia, by Francis Hopkinson. Philosophic solitude; by William Livingston. - Descriptive lines upon prospect from Beacon-Hill in Boston; Ode to the President on his visiting the Northern states; Invocation to Hope; Prayer to Patience; Lines addressed to Della Crusca; by Philenia, a lady of Boston. Alfred to Philenia. Philenia to Alfred.

Poem written in Boston at the commencement of the Revolution; An intended inscription for monument on Beacon-Hill in Boston; by James Allen. -Elegiac ode to General Greene, by George Richards. Country school. Speech of Hesper. [Poem on the distress of inhabitants of Guinea.] New Year's wish; From a Gentleman to a lady who had presented him with cake heart; by Dr... a Utrum horum mavis elige. Ella, a Norwegian tale, by William Dunlap. Eulogium on rum, by J. Smith. Country meeting, by T. C. James. Written at sea in a heavy gale, by Philip Freneau. from Bertha.- An elegy written in February 1791; Versification of passage from fifth book of Össian's Temora; Habakkuk, chap. 111; Twilight of the Gods; Extract from Conquest of Scandinavia; by Richard Alsop. - Ode to conscience, by Theodore Dwight. Collolloo, an Indian tale, by William Dunlap. An ode to Miss ****, by Joseph Howe. Message from Mordecai to Esther, by Timothy Dwight.

To Ella,

The American poetical miscellany. Original and selected. Philadelphia: Published by Robert Johnson, C. & A. Conrad & Co. and Mathew Carey, booksellers and stationers. 1809. 1 p.l., (1)4–304 p. 16°.

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John Binns, printer.
Includes the following poems by American

authors:

The burning of Fairfield, by D. Humphreys. · Mercy, by Salleck Osborn. Eulogium on rum, by Joseph Smith. - The country meeting, by T. C. James. The house of sloth, by Timothy Dwight. Extract from a dramatic manuscript, by Salleck Osborn.

American taxation ja poem), 1765. (In: E. A. and G. L. Duyckinck, Cyclopædia of

American literature. New York, 1866. 8°. v. 1, p. 461-463.) NBB

Attributed to Samuel St. John of New Canaan, Connecticut, and to Peter St. John of Norwalk, Connecticut.

Also printed in Frank Moore, Songs and ballads of the American Revolution, New York, 1856, p. 117, NBH.

The American times, a satire, in three parts. See Odell, Jonathan.

An American youth, pseud. See The Spunkiad: or Heroism improved.

Ames, Nathaniel, 1708-1764. An essay upon the microscope. (In his: An astronomical diary, or An almanac for the year of our Lord Christ, 1741. Boston, 1741. 12°.) Reserve

Reprinted in Stedman and Hutchinson, A library of American literature, New York, 1889, v. 2, p. 425427, NBB.

Additional poems without titles will be found in his An astronomical diary, or An almanac... for the years 1731, 1733-35, 1737-50, 1752-75, copies of which are in the Reserve Room of the Library.

A poetical essay on happiness. (In his: Ames's almanac revived and improved: or, An astronomical diary for the year of our Lord Christ, 1766. Boston, 1766. 12°.) Reserve

Victory implor'd for success against the French in America. (In his: An astronomical diary, or An almanac for the year of our Lord Christ, 1747. Boston, 1747. 12°.) Reserve

The waking of sun. (In his: An astronomical diary, or An almanac for the year of our Lord Christ, 1739. 1739. 12°.)

Boston,

Reserve

Reprinted in Stedman and Hutchinson, A library of American literature, New York, 1889, v. 2, p. 424-425, NBB.

The Anarchiard: a New England poem. Written in concert by David Humphreys, Joel Barlow, John Trumbull, and Dr. Lemuel Hopkins. Now first published in book form. Edited, with notes and appendices, by Luther G. Riggs. New Haven: Published by Thomas H. Pease, 323 Chapel Street. 1861. viii, 120 p. 24°. NBHD

The Library has another copy with the following portraits inserted: David Humphreys, Joel Barlow, John Trumbull, Nathanael Greene, Robert Morris.

This poem was originally published in the following numbers of The New Haven Gazette and Connecticut Magazine: Oct. 26, Nov. 2, Dec. 28, 1786; Jan. 11, 25, Feb. 22, March 15, 22, April 5, May 24, Aug. 16, Sept. 13, 1787. The Library possesses all

the numbers of the New Haven Gazette in which this poem appeared, except the last one, Sept. 13, 1787.

Nos. 1-4 of The Anarchiard were also printed in The American museum, Philadelphia, 1789, v. 5, p. 94-100, 303-305.

The projector of this poem was Colonel David Humphreys; and it was written in concert with Barlow, Trumbull, and Hopkins; but what particular installment or number was written by each has never been definitely ascertained.