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The poetical works of John Trumbull .

Trumbull, John (1750-1831)

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THE PROGRESS OF DULNESS.

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PART I. OR THE ADVENTURES OF TOM BRAINLESS.

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PART II. OR THE LIFE AND CHARACTER OF DICK HAIRBRAIN.

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PART III. OR THE ADVENTURES OF MISS HARRIET SIMPER.

PREFACE TO PART THIRD.

THE GENIUS OF AMERICA;

LINES ADDRESSED TO MESSRS. DWIGHT AND BARLOW,

TO A YOUNG LADY, Who requested the Writer to draw her Character.

THE SPEECH OF PROTEUS TO ARISTÆUS, CONTAINING THE STORY OF ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE;

THE PROPHECY OF BALAAM.

THE OWL AND THE SPARROW.

PROSPECT OF THE FUTURE GLORY OF AMERICA:

ON THE VANITY OF YOUTHFUL EXPECTATIONS.

ADVICE TO LADIES OF A CERTAIN AGE.

AN ELEGY, ON THE DEATH OF MR. BUCKINGHAM ST. JOHN.

THE DESTRUCTION OF BABYLON:

AN ELEGY ON THE TIMES:

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But love's the passion they experience
For gold, and dress, and gay appearance.