THE

POETS AND POETRY

OF

AMERICA.

WITH AN HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION.

ترین زن 2

BY RUFUS W. GRISWOLD.

HERE THE FREE SPIRIT OF MANKIND AT LENGTH

THROW ITS LAST FETTERS OFF; AND WHO SHALL PLACE

A LIMIT TO THE GIANT'U UNCHAINED STRENGTH,

OR CURB HIS SWIFTNESS IN THE FORWARD RACE ?

BRYANT

ERE LONG, THINE EVERY STREAM SHALL FIND A TONGUE,
LAND OF THE MANY WATERS!

HOFFMAN

SECOND EDITION, REVISED.

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MDCCCXLII.

HARYARD COLLEGE LIVRARY

1876,.cić 26.

Bequest of
Hon. Cias. Sumner,
of

Beniteze
(421.1930.)

ESTERED, ACCORDING TO ACT OF CONGRESS, IN THE YEAR 1842, BY CAREY $ HART, IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK

OF THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA.

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C. SHERMAN AND CO., PRINTERS.