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The miscellaneous works of David Humphreys

Late Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States of America to the Court of Madrid

Humphreys, David (1752-1818)

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ADDRESS TO THE ARMIES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

A POEM ON THE HAPPINESS OF AMERICA.

A POEM ON THE FUTURE GLORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

A POEM ON THE INDUSTRY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE REGENT OF PORTUGAL.

ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

ARGUMENT.

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A POEM ON THE LOVE OF COUNTRY. IN CELEBRATION OF THE TWENTY-THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

A POEM ON THE DEATH OF GENERAL WASHINGTON.

OCCASIONAL POEMS.

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Then see, like reptiles in their native dung,
New broods of monsters from the monster sprung;
Voracious revel in their sire's decay,
Suck his heart's blood, and perish with their prey!

This prediction was written and seen by a number of the author's friends long before the first deportation and changes of the French Directory.