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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.

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A POEM ON THE HAPPINESS OF AMERICA.

PREFACE TO THE NINTH EDITION OF THE POEM ON THE HAPPINESS OF AMERICA.

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

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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.

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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.

TO HIS MAJESTY LOUIS, KING OF ETRURIA, HEREDITARY PRINCE OF PARMA, INFANT OF SPAIN, &c. &c. &c.

ORIGINAL PREFACE On the first Publication of the two following Poems, which were written when the Author was Minister in Spain.

ADVERTISEMENT TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

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A POEM ON THE DEATH OF GENERAL WASHINGTON.

TO Mrs. WASHINGTON, At Mount-Vernon.

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OCCASIONAL POEMS.

ELEGY ON THE BURNING OF FAIRFIELD, IN CONNECTICUT.

ELEGY ON LIEUTENANT DE HART,

AN EPITAPH. ALEXANDER SCAMMEL,

A LETTER TO A YOUNG LADY IN BOSTON,

AN EPITHALAMIUM.

ALEXANDER's FEAST, OR THE POWER OF MUSIC:

AN EPISTLE TO DR. DWIGHT.

THE GENIUS OF AMERICA.

PROLOGUE TO THE WIDOW OF MALABAR:

EPILOGUE TO THE WIDOW OF MALABAR.

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FAREWELL, FROM THE ABBE O'MOORE, ADDRESSED TO THE HONOURABLE DAVID HUMPHREYS,

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To meet th' incursion of that mighty host,
Ierne's pride, and Britain's proudest boast;
The Brunswick marksmen shooting deaths from far,
The Hessian yagers train'd to hunt in war;
Grim Anspach giants, grisly Hanau elves,
The people offer'd willingly themselves.
As rise in clouds the progeny of spring,
The nations wafted on aurelean wing,
Age, manhood, youth, with chosen leaders came,
Lur'd by the love of liberty and fame:

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For them the glorious toil of battle yields,
The laurel harvest reap'd in iron fields.

The two battallions of Anspachers, taken with Lord Cornwallis at York-Town, were some of the tallest men I have ever seen in any military service.

My heart is toward the governors of Israel, that offered themselves willingly among the people. Judges v. 9.