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Poems by St. John Honeywood .

with some pieces in prose

Honeywood, St. John (1763-1798)

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On General Washington's declining a Re-election to the Presidency of the United States.

The ROSE-BUD: A Song.

The MOB-CALL, or the Charter of Sedition.

INTRODUCTORY ADDRESS On the Publication of a Newspaper.

The News-Monger's Song for the Winter of 1788.

DARBY AND JOAN.

IMPROMPTU: On reading an Order of the Corporation of Albany ordering all the Dogs in the City to be killed.

THE PURSE: ADDRESSED TO A FRIEND.

The Sweets of Matrimony Triumphant, or one Bachelor CONVERTED.

SPEECH OF A DEMOCRATIC LION.

The Selfish Man's Prayer on the Prospect of War.

POETICAL ADDRESS to the CITIZEN ADET.

VERSES WRITTEN A SHORT TIME AFTER THE POPE FLED FROM ROME, AND THE CITY FELL INTO THE POSSESSION OF THE FRENCH ARMY.

EXTEMPORARY REFLECTIONS ON SEEING A BULL SLAIN IN THE COUNTRY.

POETICAL EPISTLE TO A YOUNG LADY, ON LETTER WRITING.

LINES WRITTEN IN ANSWER TO AN HIEROGLYPHICAL LETTER FROM A LADY.

IMPROMPTU: WRITTEN IN A ROOM AT A SMALL COUNTRY INN WHICH HAD ONCE BEEN THE RESIDENCE OF A LADY OF THE AUTHOR'S ACQUAINTANCE.

CONGRESS DUELISTS: A NEW SONG, TO THE TUNE OF YANKEE DOODLE.

ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF MAJOR WYLLYS,

MODERN ARGUMENTATION.

LINES ADDRESSED TO A FRIEND.

ON CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS.

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Poems by St. John Honeywood .

with some pieces in prose

St. John Honeywood

1763-1798

Printed by T. & J. Swords [etc.]

New York

1801