Chapter III: Poets

Francis Hopkinson, 1737-1791
316. From "The Battle of the Kegs."

John Trumbull, 1750-1831
317. From "McFingall."

Philip Freneau, 1752-1832
318. From "An Indian Burying-ground."

David Humphreys, 1753-1818
319. From "The Happiness of America."

Sam'l J. Smith, 1771-1835
320. "Peace, Be Still."

William Clifton, 1772-1799
321. From "Lines to Fancy."

Robert Treat Paine, 1773-1811
322. The Miser.

John Blair Linn, 1777-1804
323. From "The Powers of Genius."

Francis S. Key, 1779-1843
324. "The Star-Spangled Banner."

Washington Allston, 1779-1843
325. From "The Sylphs of the Seasons."

John Pierpont, 1785-1866
326. A Temperance Song.
327. The. Pilgrim Fathers.

Jas. G. Percival, 1786-1856
328. The Coral Grove.

Richard H. Dana, 1787-
329. From "The Buccaneer."

Richard H. Wilde, 1789-1847
330. My Life is like the Summer Rose.

Jas. A. Hillhouse, 1789-1841
331. From "Hadad."
332. From "The Judgment."

John M. Harney, 1789-1825
333. From "Cristalina; a fairy tale."

Charles Sprague, 1791-
334. From "Curiosity."

L.H. Sigourney, 1791-1865
335. The Widow at her Daughter's Bridal.

Wm. O. Butler, 1793-
336. From "The Boatman's Horn."
337. The Battle-field of Raisin.

Wm. C. Bryant, 1794-
338. Lines to a Water Fowl.
339. Freedom Irrepressible.
340. Communion with Nature, Soothing.
341. The Living Lost.
342. The Song of the Sower.
343. The Planting of the Apple-Tree.

Maria Brooks, 1795-1845
344. "Marriage."

Joseph R. Drake, 1705-1820
345. The Fay's Departure.

Fitz-Greene Halleck, 1795-1869
346. Marco Bozzaris.
347. The Broken Merchant.

J.G.C. Brainard, 1796-1828
348. From "Lines to the Connecticut River."

Robert C. Sands, 1799-1832
349. From "Weehawken."

George W. Doane, 1799-1859
350. From "Evening."

Geo. P. Morris, 1801-1864
351. Highlands of the Hudson.

Geo. D. Prentice, 1802-1869
352. From "The Mammoth Cave."

Chas. C. Pise, 1802-1866
353. The Rainbow.
354. View at Gibraltar.

E.P. Lovejoy, 1802-1836
355. From "Lines to my Mother."

Edward C. Pinkney, 1802-1828
356. A Health.

R.W. Emerson, 1803-
357. Hymn sung at the Completion of the Concord Monument.
358. Disappearance of Winter.
359. Inspiration of Duty.

Thos. C. Upham, 1799-1873
360. On a Son Lost at Sea.

Jacob L. Martin, 1805-1848
361. The Church of Santa Croce, Florence.

Geo. W. Bethune, 1805-1862
362. Mythology gives place to Christianity.

Chas. F. Hoffman, 1806-
363. The Red Man's Heaven.

Wm. Gilmore Simms, 1806-1870
364. Nature inspires sentiment.

Nath'l P. Willis, 1807-1867
365. From "Hagar in the Wilderness."
366. Unseen Spirits.

H.W. Longfellow, 1807-
367. Lines to Resignation.
368. From The Wedding; The Launch: The Ship.
369. Song of the Mocking-bird, at Sunset.
370. Hiawatha's Departure.

Wm. D. Gallagher, 1808-
371. The Laborer.

John G. Whittier, 1808-
372. What the Voice said.
373. The Atlantic Telegraph.
374. Description of a Snow Storm.
375. The Quaker's Creed.

Albert Pike, 1809-
376. The Everlasting Hills.

Anne C. Lynch Botta. About 1809
377. The Dumb Creation.

Oliver W. Holmes, 1809-
378. From "The Last Leaf."
379. A Mother's Secret.

Willis G. Clark, 1810-1841
380. "An Invitation to Early Piety."

James R. Lowell, 1810-
381 A Song, "The Violet."
382. Importance of a Noble Deed.
383. The Spaniards' Graves at the Isles of Shoals.

Edgar A. Poe, 1811-1849
384. The Raven.

Alfred B. Street, 1811-
385. An Autumn Landscape.
386. The Falls of the Mongaup.

Laura M. H. Thurston, 1812-1842
387. Lines on Crossing the Alleghanies.

Frances S. Osgood, 1812-1850
388. From "The Parting."

Harriet B. Stowe, 1812-
389. The Peace of Faith.
390. Only a Year.

H.T. Tuckerman, 1813-1871
391. The Statue of Washington.

John G. Saxe, 1816-
392. The Blessings of Sleep.
393. "Ye Tailyor man; a contemplative ballad."
394. Ancient and Modern Ghosts contrasted.
395. Boys.
396. Sonnet to a Clam.

Lucy Hooper, 1816-1841
397. The "Death-Summons."

Catharine A. Warfield, 1817-
398. From "The Return to Ashland."

Arthur C. Coxe, 1818-
399. The Heart's Song.

Wm. Ross Wallace, 1819-
400. The North Edda.

Walter Whitman, 1819-
401. The Brooklyn Ferry at Twilight.

Amelia B. Welby, 1819-1852
402. The Bereaved.

R.S. Nichols. About 1820-
403. From "Musings."

Alice Cary, 1820-1871
404. Attractions of our early Home.

Sidney Dyer. About 1820-
405. The Power of Song.

Austin T. Earle, 1822-
406. From "Warm Hearts had We."

Thos. Buchanan Read, 1822-
407. The Mournful Mowers.
408. From "The Closing Scene."

Margaret M. Davidson, 1823-1837
409. From Lines in Memory of her Sister Lucretia.

John R. Thompson, 1823-1873
410. Music in Camp.

Geo. H. Boker, 1824-
411. From the "Ode to a Mountain Oak"
412. Dirge for a Sailor.

Wm. Allen Butler, 1825-
413. From "Nothing to Wear."

Bayard Taylor, 1825-
414. "The Burden of the Day."

John T. Trowbridge, 1827-
415. "Dorothy in the Garret."

Henry Timrod, 1829-1867
416. The Unknown Dead.

Susan A. Talley Von Weiss. About 1830-
417. The Sea-Shell.

Albert Sutliffe, 1830-
418. "May Noon."

Elijah E. Edwards, 1831-
419. "Let me Rest."

Paul H. Hayne, 1831-
420. October.

Rosa V. Johnson Jeffrey. About 1832-
421. From "Angel Watchers."

Sarah J. Lippincott, 1833-
422. "Absolution."

E.C. Stedman, 1833-
423. The Mountain.

John J. Piatt, 1835-
424. Long Ago.

Celia Thaxter, 1835-
425. "Regret."

Theophilus H. Hill, 1836-
426. From "The Song of the Butterfly."

Thos. B. Aldrich, 1836-
427. The Crescent and the Cross.

Francis Bret Harte, 1837-
428. Dickens in Camp.
429. The Two Ships.

Charles Dimitry, 1838-
430. From "The Sergeant's Story."

John Hay, 1841-
431. The Prairie.

Joaquin Miller,
432. The Future of California.

Joel C. Harris, 1846-
433. Agnes.

ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF AUTHORS.

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(The Figures refer to the Number of the Selection.)

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ADAMS, JOHN 56, 57
ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY 78, 79
ALEXANDER, JAMES W. 34
ALDRICH, THOMAS B. 427
ALLSTON, WASHINGTON 277, 278, 279, 325
AMES, FISHER 68
AMES, MARY C. 315
ARMSTRONG, JOHN 103
AUDUBON, JOHN J. 258, 259, 260

BACHMAN, JOHN 262
BACON, LEONARD 32, 33
BANCROFT, GEORGE 129, 130, 131, 132, 133
BARTLETT, JOHN R. 203
BARTRAM, WILLIAM 253, 254
BEECHER, HENRY WARD 47, 48, 49, 50, 51
BEECHER, LYMAN 23
BELKNAP, JEREMY 113
BENTON, THOMAS H. 105
BETHUNE, GEORGE W. 38, 39, 362
BIRD, ROBERT M. 295
BLEDSOE, ALBERT T. 45
BOKER, GEORGE HENRY 411, 412
BOTTA, ANNE C. LYNCH 377
BRACKENRIDGE, HENRY M. 120
BRAINARD, JOHN G.C. 348
BROOKS, MARIA 344
BROWN, C. BROCKDEN 276
BROWNSON, ORESTES A. 159, 160
BRYANT, WILLIAM C. 338, 339, 340, 341, 342, 343
BUCKMINSTER, JOSEPH S. 28
BUEL, JESSE 152
BUSHNELL, HORACE 43, 44
BUTLER, WILLIAM ALLEN 413
BUTLER, WILLIAM O. 336, 337
BYRD, WILLIAM 12

CALDWELL, CHARLES 104
CALHOUN, JOHN C. 82, 83, 84
CALVERT, GEORGE H. 198
CAREY, HENRY C. 155
CARY, ALICE 238, 404
CASS, LEWIS 91
CHANNING, WM. ELLERY 24, 25, 26
CHEEVER, GEORGE B. 41, 42
CHILD, LYDIA MARIA 294
CHOATE, RUFUS 92, 93
CLAIBORNE, I.F.H. 107
CLARK, WILLIS G. 380
CLAY, HENRY 80, 81
CLIFTON, WILLIAM 321
COLDEN, CADWALLADER 6
COOKE, JOHN ESTEN 311, 312
COOPER, J. FENIMORE 282, 283, 284, 285, 286
COXE, ARTHUR C. 399
CRANE, ANNE M. 314
CURTIS, GEORGE WM. 243

DANA, RICHARD H. 329
DANA, RICHARD H., JR. 228
DAVIDSON, MARGARET M. 409
DAVIES, SAMUEL 4
DENNIE, JOSEPH 150
DICKINSON, JOHN 55
DIMITRY, CHARLES 430
DOANE, GEORGE W. 350
DODGE, MARY A. 248
DORSEY, SARAH A. 313
DRAKE, DANIEL 261
DRAKE, JOSEPH R. 345
DRAPER, JOHN WM. 215, 216
DUPONCEAU, PETER S. 117
DWIGHT, TIMOTHY 20, 21
DURBIN, JOHN P. 31
DUYCKINCK, EVERT A. 229
DYER, SIDNEY 405

EARLE, AUSTIN T. 406
EASTMAN, MARY H. 225, 226
EDWARDS, ELIJAH E. 419
EDWARDS, JONATHAN 3
ELLETT, ELIZABETH F. 234
ELLIOTT, STEPHEN 257
EMERSON, RALPH WALDO 199, 200, 201, 202, 357, 358, 359
EMMONS, NATHANIEL 5
EVERETT, EDWARD 190, 191, 192

FLINT, TIMOTHY 177
FRANCIS, JOHN W. 122
FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN 13, 14, 15, 16
FREMONT, JOHN C. 270, 271
FRENEAU, PHILIP 318
FULLER, RICHARD 46

GALLAGHER, WILLIAM D. 371
GASTON, WILLIAM 151
GAYARRÉ, CHARLES 135
GREELEY, HORACE 164, 165, 166, 167
GREENE, GEORGE W. 108
GRIMKE, THOMAS S. 154

HALL, JAMES 188
HALLECK, FITZ-GREENE 346, 347
HAMILTON, ALEXANDER 66, 67
HARNEY, JOHN M. 333
HARRIS, JOEL C. 433
HARTE, FRANCIS BRET 246, 428, 429
HAWKS, FRANCIS L. 195
HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL 296, 297, 298, 299, 300, 301, 302
HAY, JOHN 431
HAYNE, PAUL H. 420
HECKEWELDER, JOHN 112
HENRY, PATRICK 58, 59
HIGGINSON, THOMAS 241
HILL, THEOPHILUS H. 426
HILLHOUSE, JAMES A. 331, 332
HITCHCOCK, EDWARD 30
HOBART, JOHN H. 22
HOFFMAN, CHARLES F. 363
HOLLAND, JOSIAH G. 310
HOLMES, OLIVER W. 211, 212, 213, 214, 378, 379
HOOPER, LUCY 397
HOPKINSON, FRANCIS 316
HUDSON, HENRY N. 224
HOWELLS, WILLIAM D. 247
HUMPHREYS, DAVID 319

INGERSOLL, CHARLES J. 118, 119
IRVING, WASHINGTON 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185

JARVES, JAMES J. 235
JAY, JOHN 65
JEFFERSON, THOMAS 61, 62, 63, 64
JEFFREY, ROSA V. JOHNSON 421

KANE, ELISHA K. 272
KENNEDY, JOHN P. 290, 291, 292
KENT, JAMES 76
KEY, FRANCIS S. 324
KING, THOS. STARR 174
KIRKLAND, CAROLINE M. 208, 209

LANMAN, CHARLES 266
LAPHAM, J.A. 263, 264
LEE, HENRY 115, 116
LEGARÉ, HUGH S. 193, 194
LELAND, CHARLES G. 242
LEWIS, TAYLOR 162, 163
LINCOLN, ABRAHAM 95
LINN, JOHN B. 323
LIPPINCOTT, SARAH J. 245, 422
LIVINGSTON, EDWARD 77
LONGFELLOW, HENRY W. 206, 367, 368, 369, 370
LOVEJOY, ELIJAH P. 355
LOWELL, JAS. RUSSELL 217, 218, 219, 220, 381, 382, 383

MACKENZIE, A. SLIDELL 106
McCLINTOCK, JOHN 52
McCONNELL, JOHN L. 244
McILVAINE, CHARLES P. 37
McINTOSH, MARIA J. 307
MADISON, JAMES 73, 73
MANN, HORACE 158
MARSH, GEORGE P. 196, 197
MARSHALL, JOHN 102
MARTIN, JACOB L. 361
MASON, JOHN M. 18, 19
MATHER, COTTON 2
MAURY, MATTHEW F. 250, 251
MAYER, BRANTZ 136
MEADE, WILLIAM 123
MEEK, ALEXANDER B. 142, 143
MELVILLE, HERMAN 309
MILBURN, WILLIAM H. 54
MILLER, JOAQUIN 432
MITCHELL, DONALD G. 239
MITCHELL, ORMSBY M. 252
MORAGNE, MARY E. 227
MORRIS, GEORGE P. 351
MORRIS, GOUVERNEUR 69
MOTLEY, JOHN L. 139, 140, 141

NEAL, JOHN 289
NICHOLS, REBECCA S. 403

OSGOOD, FRANCIS S. 388
OSSOLI, MARGARET FULLER 210

PAINE, ROBERT T. 322
PALFREY, JOHN G. 149
PARKER, THEODORE 168, 169, 170, 171
PARKMAN, FRANCIS 145, 146
PARTON, JAMES 109, 110, 111
PAULDING, JAMES K. 280, 281
PAYSON, EDWARD 27
PERCIVAL, JAMES G. 328
PHILLIPS, WENDELL 172, 173
PIATT, JOHN J. 424
PICKETT, ALBERT J. 137
PIERPONT, JOHN 326, 327
PIKE, ALBERT 376
PINKNEY, EDWARD C. 356
PINKNEY, WILLIAM 70, 71
PISE, CHARLES C. 353, 354
POE, EDGAR A. 221, 222, 384
PORTER, NOAH 53
PRENTICE, GEORGE 352
PRESCOTT, WILLIAM H. 126, 127, 128

RAMSAY, DAVID 114
RAMSEY, J.G.M. 134
RANDOLPH, JOHN 74, 75
READ, THOS. BUCHANAN 407, 408
REED, HENRY 207
RUFFIN, EDMUND 156
RUSH, BENJAMIN 101
RUTLEDGE, JOHN 60

SANDS, ROBERT C. 349
SAXE, JOHN G. 392, 393, 394, 395, 396
SCHOOLCRAFT, HENRY R. 189
SEDGWICK, CATHARINE M. 287, 288
SEWARD, WILLIAM 94
SHEA, JOHN G. 147, 148
SIGOURNEY, LYDIA H. 335
SILLIMAN, BENJAMIN 268
SIMMS, WM. GILMORE 303, 304, 364
SMITH, SAMUEL J. 320
SMITH, WILLIAM 9
SPARKS, JARED 124, 125
SPAULDING, MARTIN J. 35
SPRAGUE, CHARLES 334
SQUIER, EPHRAIM G. 267
STEDMAN, E.C. 423
STEPHENS, ALEXANDER H. 100
STEPHENS, JOHN L. 269
STEVENS, ABEL 144
STITH, WILLIAM 7, 8
STORY, JOSEPH 89, 90
STOWE, HARRIET BEECHER 305, 306, 389, 390
STREET, ALFRED B. 385, 386
SUMNER, CHARLES 96, 87, 98, 99
SUTLIFFE, ALBERT 418

TAYLOR, BAYARD 273, 274, 275, 414
TAYLOR, NATHANIEL W. 29
THAXTER, CELIA 425
THOMPSON, JOHN R. 410
THORNWELL, JAMES H. 36
THOREAU, HENRY D. 231, 232, 233
THURSTON, LAURA M.H. 387
TICKNOR, GEORGE 187
TIMROD, HENRY 416
TROWBRIDGE, JOHN T. 415
TRUMBULL, JOHN 317
TUCKERMAN, HENRY T. 223, 391

UPHAM, CHARLES W. 138
UPHAM, THOMAS C. 360

VERPLANCK, GULIAN C. 121
VON WEISS, SUSAN A. TALLEY 417

WALLACE, HORACE B. 230
WALLACE, WILLIAM R. 400
WALSH, ROBERT 153
WARE, WILLIAM 293
WARFIELD, CATHERINE A. 308, 398
WASHINGTON, GEORGE 249
WAYLAND, FRANCIS 157
WEBBER, CHARLES W. 265
WEBSTER, DANIEL 85, 86, 87, 88
WELBY, AMELIA B. 402
WHIPPLE, EDWIN P. 236
WHITE, RICHARD GRANT 240
WHITMAN, WALTER 401
WHITTIER, JOHN G. 372, 373, 374, 375
WILDE, RICHARD H. 186, 330
WILLIAMS, ROGER 1
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM R. 40
WILLIS, NATHANIEL P. 204, 205, 365, 366
WILSON, ALEXANDER 255, 256
WINTHROP, JOHN 10, 11
WIRT, WILLIAM 176
WOOLMAN, JOHN 17
WOOLSEY, THEODORE D. 161
WORTHINGTON, JANE T.L. 237

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