THE

POETS OF AMERICA:

ILLUSTRATED

BY ONE OF HER PAINTERS.

"The world is full of Poetry.-Its words
Are few, but deep and solemn; and they break
Fresh from the fount of feeling."-Percival.

EDITED BY JOHN KEESE.

NEW YORK:

PUBLISHED BY S. COLMAN,

VIII ASTOR HOUSE.

1840.

KD

15827

BARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY
SHELDON FUND
JULY 10, 1940

Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1839,
By S. COLMAN,

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New-York.

ALEX. 8. GOULD, PRINTER, 144 NASSAU-ST. N. Y.

TO THE

POETS OF OUR COUNTRY,

THIS VOLUME,

THE CREATION OF THEIR GENIUS,

IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED.