[Poems by Halleck in] Fitz-Greene Halleck : An Early Knickerbocker Wit and Poet

Halleck, Fitz-Greene (1790-1867)

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Invocation to Sleep

[Invitation and Reply]

TO F. G. H.

TO MRS. M. W. H.

Soft as the Falling Dews of Night

The Wild-Flower Wreath

Lines

To Margaret

Were the Whole Ocean Ink

Asks She My Name

The Discarded

Ode to the Pensioned Presses

Forget-Me-Not: “Myosotis Avensis”

[Come from my First, ah, Come!]

[Thanks to Gimbrede his phyz has been neatly engraven]

To a Piece of Plumb-Cake

A Valentine

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[Thanks to Gimbrede his phyz has been neatly engraven]

Thanks to Gimbrede his phyz has been neatly engraven,
The poet should thank him a thousand times o'er;
His cravat is quite clean, and his beard newly shaven,
'Tis a type that he never appeared in before.

University of Virginia Library

[Thanks to Gimbrede his phyz has been neatly engraven]