READINGS

IN

AMERICAN POETRY.

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BY

a SWOLD,
RUFUS W.

EDITOR OF THE “POETS AND POETRY OF AMERICA," ETC.

This be the Poet's praise,
That he hath ever been of Liberty
The steadiest friend; of Justice and of Truth
Firmest of all supporters ; of high thoughts,
And all the beauty of the inner world,
Creator.

American Prospects-1763.

New-Dork:
JOHN C. RIKER, ANN STREET,