American poems, selected and original

SELECTED POETRY.

ELEGY ON THE TIMES.

An ELEGY,

AMBITION.

The PROPHECY of BALAAM.

The DOWNFALL of BABYLON.

THE SPEECH OF PROTEUS TO ARISTÆUS,

The TRIAL of FAITH.

Part I. Daniel, Chap. I.

PART II. Daniel, Chap. II.

PART III. Daniel, Chap. III.

ADDRESS OF THE GENIUS OF COLUMBIA,

COLUMBIA.

The SEASONS Moralized.

A HYMN,

A SONG.

THE CRITICS.

EPISTLE to Col. HUMPHRYES.

The PROSPECT of PEACE.

The GENIUS of AMERICA.

An EPISTLE to DR. DWIGHT.

A SONG.

EPITAPH

THE HYPOCRITE's HOPE.

ON GENERAL ETHAN ALLEN.

AN ORATION,

PHILOSOPHIC SOLITUDE.

PRAYER TO PATIENCE.

AN INTENDED INSCRIPTION

ELEGIAC ODE,

THE COUNTRY SCHOOL.

THE SPEECH OF HESPER.

[“Help! oh, help! thou God of Christians]

TO THE PRINTER.

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NEW YEAR's WISH.

From a Gentleman, to a Lady, who had presented him with a Cake Heart.

[Let sage discretion the gay world despise]

ELLA. A Norwegian Tale.

EULOGIUM ON RUM.

THE COUNTRY MEETING.

Written at SEA, in a heavy GALE.

TO ELLA.

[The Lord of light has journey'd down the sky]

TWILIGHT OF THE GODS;

EXTRACT FROM THE CONQUEST OF SCANDINAVIA;

ODE TO CONSCIENCE.

COLOLOO,—an Indian Tale,

ODE TO TIME.

AN ODE,

MESSAGE OF MORDECAI TO ESTHER.

BOOK II,—THE CONCLUSION.

Book III.—(The Beginning.)

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PRAYER TO PATIENCE.

BY THE SAME.

Goddess of the steady eye!
All thy Apathy impart,
From a world of woe I fly,
Take, oh take me to thy heart!

Lend me all thy healing power,
Teach me to suppress the groan,
Let me while affliction's lower,
Turn like Niobe to stone.

Let me to the sneer of scorn,
Still return the placid smile,
Calm,—when angry passions frown,
Silent,—when the rude revile.

Check the Tyrant of the mind,
Source of sorrow, Foe to thee;
Who can peace, or solace find,
Rack'd by Sensibility!

Snatch me from her wasting sway,
Shield me with thy firmer aid,
Let me still thy voice obey,
Gentle, peace-preserving maid!

If greater pangs this bosom rend,
Than ever bosom felt before;
Further may thy sway extend,
Greater, deeper be thy power.

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Be every wrong disarm'd by thee,
Rob stern Oppression of his pride,
Bid Malice at thy presence flee,
Turn Envy's venom'd dart aside.

Let hard Reproach soft kindness feel,
To cold Disdain be pity lent,
From Anger wrest his lifted steel,
From black Revenge his discontent.

Goddess of the tearless eye!
Yet give me thy pacific charms;
To thy calm bosom let me fly,
And find a refuge in thy arms!

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PRAYER TO PATIENCE.

BY THE SAME.