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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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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 IMPROMPTU.

AN ODE.

AN EPISTLE TO DR. DWIGHT.

THE SHEPHERD:

MOUNT-VERNON.

MOUNT-VERNON:

THE GENIUS OF AMERICA.

THE MONKEY,

PROLOGUE TO THE WIDOW OF MALABAR:

EPILOGUE TO THE WIDOW OF MALABAR.

SONNETS.

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

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Here leads great Washington Columbia's band,
The brand of battle blazing in his hand;
Darts his experienc'd eye along the files,
And o'er the subject-scene superior smiles.
In front of Britain Clinton's vet'ran form
Rides dark as night and louring as a storm;
With glory gain'd in former wars elate,
His voice the tempest's and his falchion fate.

All those who have seen General Washington on horse-back, at the head of his army, will doubtless bear testimony with the author, that they never saw a more graceful or dignified person.