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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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AN IMPROMPTU.

May you, fraught with ev'ry grace,
All the charms of mind and face,
Ripen fair in wisdom's beam;
Thine the bliss that poets dream.
Happier still thy prospects shine,
And each wish fulfill'd be thine!

Riches make them wings and fly;
Envy blasts the buds of joy;
Deadly pangs may youth invade,
When the rosy cheek must fade;
Only virtue can impart
Our defence—it soothes the heart,
Death disarms, or blunts his dart.

Addressed to a young lady about to embark for Europe, who desired to have some manuscript verses written by the author. Her name will be discovered in them.