The Bay Psalm book. See Bible. Old Testament: Psalms. English. 1640.

Bayard. Address to the robin redbreast. (In: The Beauties of poetry, British and American. Philadelphia, 1791. 16°. 201-204.)

p. Reserve Also printed in The Columbian muse, New York, 1794, p. 177-181, NBH.

Woman's fate. Written in the character of a lady under the influence of a strong, but unfortunate attachment. (In: The Beauties of poetry, British and American. Philadelphia, 1791. 16°. p. 127-130.) Reserve

The Beauties of poetry, British and American: containing some of the productions of Waller, Milton, Addison, Pope, Shirley, Parnell, Watts, Thomson, Young, Shenstone, Akenside, Gray, Goldsmith, Johnson, Moore, Garrick, Cowper, Beattie, Burns, Merry, Cowley, Wolcott, Palmerton, Penrose. Evans, Barlow, Dwight, Freneau, Humphreys, Livingston, J. Smith, W. M. Smith, Bayard, Hopkinson, James, Markoe, Prichard, Fentham, Bradford, Dawes, Lathrop, Osborne. Philadelphia: From the press of M. Carey. No. 118, Market-Street. M.DCC.XCI. 3 p.l. (incl. leaf of adv.), vii, viii, 244 p. 16°. Reserve

American contributions include: Columbia, by Dwight. Benevolence, by Dawes. -Woman's fate, by Bayard. - Future state of the western territory; American winter; On love and the American fair; Depredations and destruction of the Algerines; by Humphreys. Excellent logic; British favours to America; Extreme humanity; Omens; Nobility anticipated; by Trumbull, - Description of the first American Congress; American Revolution; American sages; American painters; American poets; by Barlow. Eulogium on rum, by Jos. Smith. Faith, an ode; Hope, an ode; Charity; an ode; by Markoe. On a lady's birth day, by W. M. Smith.

Description of Jehovah, from the XVIIIth Psalm, by Ladd. The Country meeting, by T. C. James. On the birth-day of Gen. Washington, by Markoe. -Art and nature, by W. M. Smith. The old soldier, by Fentham. - The war-horse, by Ladd. · On the migration to America and peopling the wes tern country, by Freneau. A pastoral song, by Bradford. The seasons moralized, by Dwight. Character of St. Tamany, by Pritchard. -A song, by Dwight. The Federal Convention. -A fair bargain, by Hopkinson. Song sung in St. Andrew's Society, New York, on Tuesday August 22, 1790, when Colonel Alexander M'Gillwray was present. Address to the robin red-breast, by Bayard. winter piece, by Lathrop. Elegiac epistle on the death of his sisters and sent to another, by Osborn. - Hymn sung at the Universal meeting house in Boston, Easter Sunday, April 4, 1790. - The Deity, and his dispensations; Creation; Original state of man; Three fold state of man emblematized; Prospect of America; by Dwight. Progress of science, by Evans. Philosophic solitude, by Livingston. Sketches of American history, by Freneau. - An Indian eclogue, by Jos. Smith.

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Belknap, Jeremy, 1744-1798. An eclogue, occasioned by the death of the Reverend Alexander Cummings, A.M., on the 25th of August A. D. 1763. Etat. 37... (By J. Belknap, B. A. Boston: Printed by D. & J. Kneeland, for J. Edwards, 1763. 8 p. 16°. Reserve

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Benedict, David, 1779-1874. . A poem delivered in Taunton, September 16th, A.D. 1807, at the anniversary election of the Philandrian Society. By David Benedict. Boston: Belcher & Armstrong, printers, No. 70, State-Street. 1807. 1 p.l., (1)4-19 p. 8°. NBH p.v.26, no.17

The watery war: or, A poetical description of the existing controversy between the Pedobaptists and Baptists, on the subjects and mode of baptism. By John of Enon. Boston: Printed and sold by Manning & Loring, No. 2, Cornhill. 1808. 2 p.l., (1)6-34 p. 12°. Reserve

The first book printed in English in North America. The version of the Psalms was made about the year 1636, the principal divines of the country each translating a portion. The principal part of the work was committed to Mr. Richard Mather, minister of the church in Dorchester, who probably wrote the preface also, and to Mr. Thomas Weld and Mr. John Eliot, associate ministers of the church in Roxbury. The work of printing was completed in 1640, and the new Psalm book was adopted at once by nearly every congregation in the colony of Massachusetts Bay, and for that reason it came to be known as the Bay Psalm book. Of this famous book there are only ten copies known to be extant, of which only four are perfect.

For detailed statement and description see the facsimile reprint with the introduction by Wilberforce Eames.

The Bay Psalm book; being a facsimile reprint of the first edition, printed by Stephen Daye at Cambridge, in New England in 1640. With an introduction by Wilberforce Eames. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1903. 1 p.l., v-xvii p., 147 1. 8°. Reserve

One of 975 copies on plain paper.

Bigelow, Samuel, fl. 1776. A poem suitable for the present day, in five parts, Worcester, 1776. New York: repr. for C. F. Heartman, 1915. 2 p.1., 7-26 p. 8°. (Heartman's historical series. no. 14.) Reserve

Facsimile reprint, including title-page of original edition, Worcester, 1776.

No. 8 of forty copies printed on Fabriano handmade paper.

Biglow, William, 1773-1844. Commencement, a poem: or rather commencement of a poem, recited before the Phi Beta Kappa Society, in their dining hall, in Cambridge, Aug. 29, 1811. By a brother i. e., William Biglow. Salem: Printed by Thomas C. Cushing. 1811. 1 p.l., (1)4-8 p. 8°. NBHD

With bookplate of Henry B. Anthony.

Education; a poem: spoken at Cambridge at the request of the Phi Beta Kappa Society; July 18th 1799; By William Biglow. Salem: Joshua Cushing. 1799. 2 p.l., (1)4-17 p. 8°. NBH p.v.26, no:16

First 21. and last leaf lacking. Title-page supplied in ms.

Re-re-commencement: a kind of a poem: calculated to be recited before an "assemblage" of New-England divines, of all the various denominations; but which never was so recited, and in all human probability never will be. By a friend of every body and every soul. Salem: Printed by Thomas C. Cushing. 1812. 1 p.1., (1) 4-8 p. 8°. NBH p.v.27, no.13

The Bladensburg races. Written shortly after the capture of Washington City, August 24, 1814. [Probably it is not generally known, that the flight of Mahomet, the flight of John Gilpin, and the flight of Bladensburg, all occurred on the twenty-fourth of August. Printed for the purchaser. 1816. 1 p.l., 3-12 p. 24°.

Bland, Theodoric, 1742-1790. [Patriotic poem on the battle of Lexington. (In: The Bland papers. Edited by Charles Campbell. Petersburg, 1840. 8°. v. 1, p. xxi-xxiii.) IG

Bleecker, Mrs. Ann Eliza Schuyler, 17521783. An evening prospect. (In: The New-York magazine. New-York. 1791. 8°. v. 2, p. 475-476.) Reserve

Lines, written by the late Mrs. Ann E. Bleecker. (In: The New-York magazine. New-York, 1791. 8°. v. 2, p. 294.) Reserve

Lines, written by the late Mrs. Ann E. Bleecker. (In: The New-York magazine. New-York, 1791. 8°. v. 2, p. 356.) Reserve

On reading Dryden's Virgil. Written in 1778, by the late Mrs. Ann E. Bleecker. (In: The New-York magazine. New-York, 1791. 8°. v. 2, p. 670.) Reserve

The posthumous works of Ann Eliza Bleecker, in prose and verse. Το which is added, a collection of essays, prose and poetical, by Margaretta V. Faugeres. New-York: Printed by T. and J. Swords, No. 27, William-Street. 1793. 6 p.1., xviii, (1)20-375 p., front. (port.) 16°. Reserve

Frontispiece, the portrait of Mrs. Bleecker engraved by Tiebout.

"Poetics," p. 185-262.

Several of these poems have been reprinted in Samuel Kettell, Specimens of American poetry, Boston, 1829, v. 1, p. 213-219, NBH.

Bonaparte; with The storm at sea, Madaline, and other poems. New-York: Published by Haly and Thomas, No. 142 Broadway. 1820. 1 p.1., (i)iv p., 11., (1)8– 92 p. 8°. NBH p.v.28, no.1 See Coffin,

Boston Bard, Poems of. Robert Stevenson.

Bosworth, Benjamin. Signs of apostacy lamented. [By Benjamin Bosworth., n.t.p. Boston? 1693?, 4 p. 24°. Reserve "A caution to prevent scandal," p. 4.

Signed and dated at end: "Benjamin Bosworth of New-England. In the 81st year of my age, 1693." Photostat copy from an original in Brown University Library.

Botsford, Mrs. Margaret. Viola or The heiress of St. Valverde, an original poem, in five cantos. To which is annexed, patriotic songs, sonnets, &c. By a lady of Philadelphia, author of Adelaide ti.e., Mrs. Margaret Botsford,. Louisville, Ky. Printed by S. Penn, jr. 1820. 1 p.1., (1)4– 96 p. 24°. NBHD

Bowdoin, James, 1727-1790. A paraphrase on part of the economy of human life. Inscribed to his excellency Thomas Pownall, Esq; Governor of the province of the Massachusetts-Bay. By James Bow

See also Pietas et gratulatio. Boyd, William, 1777-1800. Woman: a poem, delivered at a public exhibition, April 19, at Harvard University, in The College Chapel. By William Boyd. Boston: Printed by John W. Folsom. M, DCC, XCVI. 2 p.l., (1)6-15 p. 12°. NBH p.v.26, no.15

Also printed in Samuel Kettell, Specimens of American poetry, Boston, 1829, v. 2, p. 83-86, NBH.

Brackenridge, Hugh Henry, 1748-1816. The Battle of Bunkers Hill. A dramatic piece, of five acts, in heroic measure. By a gentleman of Maryland... i. e., Hugh Henry Brackenridge., Philadelphia: Printed and sold by Robert Bell, in ThirdStreet, MDCCLXXVI. 3 p.l., (1)6–49(1) p., 1 pl. (front.) 12°. Reserve

Title-page lacking; supplied by a photostat facsimile. Frontispiece imperfect.

Contains the following poems: Prologue, p.1. 3; Epilogue, p. 37-38; An ode on the battle of BunkersHill, p. 39-44; Speech by General Washington, on his entering the town of Boston, p. 45-46; A military song by the army: on General Washington's victorious entry into the town of Boston, p. 47-49.

The prologue and epilogue were written by John Parke.

The death of General Montgomery, at the siege of Quebec. A tragedy. With an ode, in honour of the Pennsylvania militia, and the small band of regular Continental troops, who sustained the campaign, in the depth of winter, January, 1777, and repulsed the British forces from the banks of the Delaware. By the author of a dramatic piece on the Battle of Bunker's-Hill i.e., Hugh Henry Brackenridgej. To which are added, elegiac pieces, commemorative of distinguished characters. Philadelphia: Printed and sold by Robert Bell, in Third-Street, next door to St. Paul's Church. M, DCC, LXXVII. 4 p.1., (1)10-79(1) p., 21., front. 12°. Reserve

Contains the following poems: An ode in honour of Pennsylvania militia, p. 54-64; Elegiac pieces commemorative of distinguished characters, p. 65–68. The "Prologue on the death of General Montgomery" which is at the end, was written by John Parke.

Norwich: Printed by J. Trumbull, for and sold by J. Douglass M'Dougall, on the West side of the Great-Bridge, Providence, 1777. 5 p.l., 11-68 p. 12°.

Reserve Contains the following poems: An ode in honour of Pennsylvania militia, p. 50-58; Elegiac pieces commemorative of distinguished characters, p. 58-68.

Bradford, William, 1588-1657. Certain verses left by...William Bradford...penned by his own hand, declaring the dispensa

Copy of verses left by him for his children. (In: William and Mary College quarterly. Richmond, Va., 1895. 8°. v. 4, p. 63-64.) IAA

A descriptive and historical account of New England in verse; from a ms. of William Bradford, Governour of Plymouth Colony. (Massachusetts Historical Society. Collections. Boston, 1794. 8°. series 1, v. 3, p. 77-84.) Reserve

Of Boston in New England; A word to New England. (Massachusetts Historical Society. Collections. Boston, 1838. 8°. series 3, v. 7, p. 27-28.) IAA A pastoral elegy on O**** R***. (In: The New-York magazine. New-York, 1795. 8°. v. 6, p. 570-571.) Reserve

A pastoral song. Ascribed to W. Bradford, esq. (In: The American musePhiladelphia, 1789. 8°. v. 6, p. 334Reserve

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335.)

Also printed in The Beauties of poetry, British and American, Philadelphia, 1791, p. 193-195, Reserve; The Columbian muse, New York, 1794, p. 175177, NBH; The New-York magazine, New York, 1795, v. 6, p. 569-570, Reserve.

Providence and the Pilgrim. (In: E. C. Stedman and E. M. Hutchinson, A library of American literature. New York. 1889. 8°. v. 1, p. 115–116.) NBB

Some observations of God's merciful dealing with us in this wilderness, and his gracious protection over us these many years. (Massachusetts Historical Society. Proceedings, 1869-70. Boston, 1871. 8°. v. 11, p. 465-478.)

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Bradstreet, Mrs. Anne Dudley, 1612-72. A dialogue between Old England and New and other poems, by Mrs. Anne Dudley Bradstreet. Boston 1905]. 20 p. 12°. (Old South leaflets. [General series. v. 7. no. 159.) *R-Room 300

Contents: A dialogue between Old England and New concerning their present troubles, anno 1642,In honor of that high and mighty Princess Queen Elizabeth of happy memory. To the memory of my dear and ever honored father Thomas Dudley, Esq., who deceased July 31, 1653, and of his age 77. An epitaph on my dear and ever honored mother Mrs. Dorothy Dudley, who deceased December 27, 1643, and of her age 61. The author to her book. To my dear and loving husband. In reference to her children 23 June, 1659. In thankful remembrance for my dear husband's safe arrival, September 3, 1662.

The poems of Mrs. Anne Bradstreet (1612-1672). Together with her

prose remains. With an introduction by Charles Eliot Norton. (New York: The Duodecimos, MDCCCXCVII. 2 p.l., xliv p., 21., 347 p., 11., 3 pl., 9 ports. 12°.

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No. 132 of 132 copies on hand-made paper. Contains facsimiles of title-pages of the first three original editions, and of the 1867 edition edited by J. H. Ellis.

Several poems compiled with great variety of wit and learning, full of delight; wherein especially is contained a compleat discourse, and description of the four elements, constitutions, ages of man, seasons of the year. Together with an exact epitome of the three first monarchyes viz. The Assyrian, Persian, Grecian, and beginning of the Romane Common-wealth to the end of their last king: with diverse other pleasant & serious poems; By a Gentle-woman in New-England [i.e., Anne Bradstreet. The second edition, corrected by the author and enlarged by an addition of several other poems found amongst her papers after death. Boston, Printed by John Foster, 1678. 7 p.l., 255 p. 24°.

Reserve Title-page mutilated; pages 247-255 lacking.

Several poems compiled with great variety of wit and learning, full of delight; wherein especially is contained, a compleat discourse and description of the four elements, constitutions, ages of man, seasons of the year. Together with an exact epitome of the three first monarchies, viz. the Assyrian, Persian, Grecian, and Roman common wealth, from its beginning to the end of their last king. With divers other pleasant and serious poems. By a Gentlewoman in New-England i.e., Anne Bradstreet]. The third edition, corrected by the author, and enlarged by an addition of several other poems found amongst her papers after her death. Re-printed from the second edition, in the year M. DCC. LVIII. 1 p.1., iii-xiii, 233 p. 16°. Reserve

p. 223-224, 229-230, 233 lacking.

The tenth muse lately sprung up in America. Or several poems, compiled with great variety of wit and learning, full of delight. Wherein especially is contained a compleat discourse and description of the four: elements, constitutions, ages of man, seasons of the year. Together with an exact epitomie of the four monarchies, viz. The Assyrian, Persian, Grecian, Roman. Also a dialogue between Old England and New, concerning the late troubles. With divers other pleasant and serious poems.

By Anne Bradstreet.] Printed at London for Stephen Bowtell at the signe of the Bible in Popes HeadAlley. 1650. 7 p.1., 207 p. 24°. Reserve

The works of Anne Bradstreet in prose and verse. Edited by John Harvard Ellis. Charlestown: Abram E. Cutter,

1867. 3 p.l., vii-lxxvi, 434 p., 1 pl., 1 port. 4°. NBHD

No. 192 of 250 copies printed.

Branagan, Thomas. Avenia, or A tragical poem, on the oppression of the human species; and infringement on the rights of man. In five books. With notes explanatory and miscellaneous. Written in imitation of Homer's Iliad. - A new edition. — To which is added the Constitution of the State of Pennsylvania. By Thomas Branagan. Author of Preliminary essays, Serious remonstrance, Penitential tyrant, &c. &c. Philadelphia: Printed, and sold by J. Cline, No. 125, South Eleventh Street. 1810. 2 p.1., 5-324 p., front. 24°. NBHD

Branch, William. Life, a poem in three books; descriptive of the various characters in life; the different passions, with their moral influence; the good and evil resulting from their sway; and of the perfect man. Dedicated to the social and political welfare of the people of the United States. By William Branch, junior, of Prince Edward, Virginia. Richmond Va.]: From the Franklin Press. W. W. Gray, printer. 1819. 1 p.l., (i)iv-xii p., 11., 3-218 p., 11. 16°. NBHD

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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.

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 countrey. 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.1., 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.

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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.

New York: D. Appleton and Company, M.DCCC.LVI. xii p., 11., (1)14-214 p. 8°.

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This poem was mostly written before 1788. Elegy. (In: E. A. and G. L. Duyckinck, Cyclopædia of American literature. NBB New York, 1866. 8°. v. 1, p. 497.)

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. field, 1793. 12°. p. 263-264.)

Litch

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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.