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OFPOETRY.

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NEW-YORK. GEORGE DEARBORN, PUBLISHER, NO. 38 GOLD STREET.

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1837.

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New-York: Printed by Scatcherd & Adams, No. 38 Gold Street.

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ADVERTISEMENT.

The work here presented to the Public is compiled from the poetical writings of natives of the State of New-York. The chief object in making the collection was to give 'a local habitation and a name' to fugitive pieces, which, though deemed worthy of being thus preserved, have hitherto been circulated in the newspapers and periodicals solely. It was thought well, however, by way of giving completeness to the work, to embody with the rest specimens of those New-York poets whose writings have been already collected in another shape. The design of executing such a work only suggested itself to the Publisher a fortnight before the last sheet was put to press; and as he was desirous that The New-York Book should appear at the season when the annuals and other similar publications are most in request, those who have aided him in the compilation have perhaps vainly attempted to make up in industry for the want of time. Under the most favourable circumstances, however, it would be idle to attempt making such a collection what it ought to be in a single volume. The

field of our Anthology is wider than any casual observer could conceive; and even in thus rapidly exploring it, the sources of so many new specimens have been indicated that it is hoped the reception of this volume will be such as to warrant the Publisher in soon following it up by another of the same character. 38 Gold Street, Dec. 24, 1836.

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LIST OF WRITERS.

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CONTENTS.

[Transcriber Note: The following page number errors were corrected in the TOC: Canzonet - page 301 corrected to 201 Fragment - page 2 corrected to 246 Rhyme & Reason - page 104 corrected to 144 The Mitchella - page 220 corrected to 217 ]

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POEMS.

THOUGHTS OF A STUDENT.

BY JONATHAN LAWRENCE, JUN.

Ob: 1833, æt. 25.

THE SETTLER.

BY A. B. STREET.

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THE WORST.

BY W. H. VINING.

Ob: 1822, æt. 28.

MOONLIGHT ON THE HUDSON.

BY C. F. HOFFMAN.

Written at West Point.

ANACREONTIC.

BY A. H. BOGART

Ob: 1826, æt. 22

ADDRESS TO BLACK HAWK.

BY EDWARD SANFORD.

LINES ON A SKULL DUG UP BY THE PLOUGH.

[ From the German of Friedrich Kind. ]

BY D. SEYMOUR.

SONG.

BY C. F. HOFFMAN.

THE MINISINK.

BY A. B. STREET.

MORNING MUSINGS AMONG THE HILLS.

BY JONATHAN LAWRENCE, JUN.

SONG.

BY J. R. DRAKE.

Ob: 1820, æt. 25.

THE DEAD OF 1832.

BY R. C. SANDS.

Ob: 1832, æt. 33.

TO A LADY

WHO DECLARED THAT THE SUN PREVENTED HER FROM SLEEPING.

BY J. R. DRAKE.

ADDRESS TO A MUSQUITO.

BY EDWARD SANFORD.

His voice was ever soft, gentle, and low.—King Lear.

INCONSTANCY.

BY J. R. DRAKE.

THE CALLICOON IN AUTUMN.

BY A. B. STREET.

THE WESTERN HUNTER TO HIS MISTRESS.

BY C. F. HOFFMAN.

A POET'S EPISTLE.

[Written in Scotland to Fitz-Greene Halleck, Esq.]

BY J. R. DRAKE.

WEEHAWKEN.

BY R. C. SANDS.

LINES WRITTEN ON A BANK NOTE.

BY T. W. TUCKER.

THE DELAWARE WATER-GAP.

BY MRS. E. F. ELLET

SONG OF THE HERMIT TROUT.

BY W. P. HAWES.

TO MAY.

BY JONATHAN LAWRENCE, JUN.

TO THE WHIP-POOR-WILL

BY MRS. E. F. ELLET.

CHANSONETTE.

BY C. F. HOFFMAN.

THE CLOUDS.

BY JONATHAN LAWRENCE, JUN.

THE ISLE OF REST.

BY MRS. E. F. ELLET.

Some of the islands where the fancied paradise of the Indians was situated, were believed to be in Lake Superior.

INDIAN SUMMER—1828.

BY C. F. HOFFMAN.

GREECE—1832.

BY J. G. BROOKS.

IMPROMPTU TO A LADY BLUSHING.

BY C. F. HOFFMAN.

A ROMAN CHARIOT RACE.

BY J. I. BAILEY.

LINES FOR MUSIC.

BY G. P. MORRIS.

WHITE LAKE. [L]

BY A. B. STREET.

SONG OF SPRING-TIME.

BY C. F. HOFFMAN.

THE SHIPWRECK OF CAMOENS.

BY EMMA C. EMBURY.

LOVE AND FAITH; A BALLAD.

BY C. F. HOFFMAN.

THE LAST SONG.

BY J. G. BROOKS.

TO MY WIFE.

BY LINDLEY MURRAY.

LAMENT.

BY MARY E. BROOKS.

"AFFECTION WINS AFFECTION."

BY EMMA C. EMBURY.

FEATS OF DEATH.

BY LUCRETIA M. DAVIDSON.

Ob: 1825, æt. 17.

THE BRIDE'S FAREWELL.

BY MARY E. BROOKS.

REFLECTIONS.

BY LUCRETIA M. DAVIDSON.

[Written in her Fifteenth year, on seeing an ancient picture of the Virgin Mary.]

LINES.

BY EMMA C. EMBURY.

THE GUARDIAN ANGEL.

BY LUCRETIA M. DAVIDSON

WHAT IS SOLITUDE?

BY C. F. HOFFMAN.

THE BRAVE.

BY J. G. BROOKS.

MORNING.

BY LUCRETIA M. DAVIDSON.

LAKE GEORGE.

BY MRS. E. F. ELLET.

LINES WRITTEN IN AN ALBUM.

BY W. H. L. BOGART.

THE FADED ONE.

BY WILLIS G. CLARK

PROEM TO YAMOYDEN.

BY R. C. SANDS.—1820.

THE INDIAN.

BY JONATHAN LAWRENCE, JUN.

MIDNIGHT THOUGHTS.

BY WILLIAM DUER.

LINES WRITTEN ON THE COVER OF A PRAYER BOOK.

BY THOMAS SLIDELL.

ODE TO JAMESTOWN.

BY J. K. PAULDING.

LOOK ALOFT.

BY JONATHAN LAWRENCE, JUN.

FRAGMENT.

BY WILLIAM LIVINGSTON.—1747.

BYRON.

BY LUCRETIA M. DAVIDSON.

JOY AND SORROW.

BY J. G. BROOKS.

TO THE EVENING STAR.

BY LUCRETIA M. DAVIDSON.

THE FALLS OF THE PASSAIC.

BY WASHINGTON IRVING.

DRINK AND AWAY.

BY THE REV. WILLIAM CROSWELL.

THE HUDSON.

BY MARGARETTA V. FAUGERES, 1793.

TRENTON FALLS, NEAR UTICA.

BY ANTHONY BLEECKER.

Ob: 1827.

THE DUMB MINSTREL.

BY JAMES NACK.

THE GREEN ISLE OF LOVERS.

BY R. C. SANDS.

THAT SILENT MOON.

BY THE RT. REV. G. W. DOANE.

TO A CIGAR.

BY SAMUEL LOW.—1800.

HOPE.

BY J. R. DRAKE.

THE LAKE OF CAYOSTÊA.

BY ROBERT BARKER.

Ob: 1831, æt. 27.

THE AMERICAN FLAG.

BY J. R. DRAKE.

MORNING HYMN.

Genesis i. 3.

BY C. F. HOFFMAN.

BRONX.

BY J. R. DRAKE.

THE STORM-KING.

BY ROSWELL PARK.

SONG—ROSALIE CLARE.

BY C. F. HOFFMAN.

TO A PACKET SHIP.

BY ROSWELL PARK.

MOONLIGHT.

BY ROBERT BARKER.

SONG.

BY J. R. DRAKE.

LÜTZOW'S WILD CHASE.

[ Translated from the German of Körner. ]

BY ROSWELL PARK.

STANZAS.

BY JAMES NACK.

LINES.

BY WILLIAM LEGGETT.

FADED HOURS.

BY J. R. SUTERMINSTER.

Ob. 1836: æt. 23.

THE WIFE'S SONG.

BY WILLIAM LEGGETT.

LAMENT.

BY WILLIS G. CLARK.

LINES

[ Written on a pane of glass in the house of a friend. ]

BY WILLIAM LEGGETT.

THE SEPULCHRE OF DAVID.

BY WILLIAM L. STONE.

WOMAN.

BY WILLIAM LEGGETT.

RHYME AND REASON.

AN APOLOGUE.

BY G. P. MORRIS.

AH NO! AH NO!

To a Favourite Child.

BY JAMES NACK.

A HEALTH.

BY MISS ELIZABETH C. CLINCH.

Ob. 1832: æt. 17.

A HYMN.

BY DAVID S. BOGART.—1791.

REMINISCENCES.

BY GEORGE D. STRONG.

ELEGIAC LINES.

BY THE LATE GEN. J. MORTON.

A SONG OF MAY.

BY W. G. CLARK.

ON READING VIRGIL.

BY MRS. ANN E. BLEECKER.

Written in 1778.

THE LAST PRAYER OF MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS.

BY W. G. CLARK.

THE RECOLLECTIONS OF THE PEOPLE.

[From the French of Beranger.]

BY THEODORE S. FAY.

THE HUSBAND TO HIS WIFE, ON HER BIRTH-DAY.

BY JOHN INMAN.

VERSES

TO THE MEMORY OF COL. WOOD OF THE UNITED STATES' ARMY,

WHO FELL AT THE SORTIE OF ERIE.

BY THE LATE GEN. J. MORTON.

LIFE'S GUIDING STAR.

BY WILLIAM LEGGETT.

DESPONDENCY.

WRITTEN IN DEJECTION AND SORROW FOR LOST TIME.

BY JOHN INMAN.

TO A GOLDFINCH.

BY ROSWELL PARK.

THE MIDNIGHT BALL.

BY MISS ELIZABETH BOGART.

THE DESERTED BRIDE.

[Suggested by a Scene in the Play of the Hunchback.]

BY G. P. MORRIS.

THOUGHTS AT THE GRAVE OF A DEPARTED FRIEND.

BY JOHN INMAN.

SONG.

BY THEODORE S. FAY.

ANACREONTIC.

BY C. F. HOFFMAN.

MELODY.

BY WILLIAM LEGGETT.

MY NATIVE LAND.

BY THEODORE S. FAY.

HE CAME TOO LATE!

BY MISS ELIZABETH BOGART.

VERSES,

WRITTEN IN A BOOK OF FORTUNES, 1787.

BY THE LATE GEN. MORTON.

EPITAPH UPON A DOG.

BY C. F. HOFFMAN.

LINES FOR MUSIC.

BY THEODORE S. FAY.

STANZAS.

BY JOHN INMAN.

JOSHUA COMMANDING THE SUN AND MOON TO STAND STILL.

BY J. B. VANSCHAICK.

SONG.

BY WILLIAM LEGGETT.

WEST POINT.

[Suggested by the attendance on Public Worship of the Cadets.—June, 1833.]

BY GEORGE D. STRONG.

THANKSGIVING

AFTER ESCAPE FROM INDIAN PERILS.

BY MRS. ANNE E. BLEECKER.—1778.

BALLAD.

BY MRS. EMMA C. EMBURY.

"La rose cueillie et le cœur gagné ne plaisent qu'un jour."

FORGETFULNESS.

BY MISS ELIZABETH S. BOGART.

ON SHIP-BOARD.

BY THEODORE S. FAY.

TO THEMIRA.

BY WILLIAM LEGGETT.

[Written with French chalk [Q] on a pane of glass in the home of a friend.]

EVENING.

[From the Backwoodsman.]

BY JAMES K. PAULDING.

THOUGHTS ON PARTING.

BY JOHN INMAN.

THE FALLS OF NIAGARA.

[Translated from the Italian.] [R]

BY SAMUEL L. MITCHELL.—1796.

CANZONET.

BY J. B. VANSCHAICK.

THE PENNSYLVANIAN IMMIGRANT.

[From the Backwoodsman.]

BY J. K. PAULDING.

LAKE GEORGE.—1829.

BY S. DE WITT BLOODGOOD.

CROSSING THE ALLEGHANIES.

[From the Backwoodsman.]

BY J. K. PAULDING.

THE CLOUDS.

BY GEORGE D. STRONG.

THE TORNADO.

[From the Backwoodsman.]

BY J. K. PAULDING.

TO A LADY.

BY CLEMENT C. MOORE.—1804.

SPRING IS COMING.

BY JAMES NACK.

FROM A FATHER TO HIS CHILDREN,

AFTER HAVING HAD HIS PORTRAIT TAKEN FOR THEM.

BY C. C. MOORE.

THE MITCHELLA.

BY S. L. MITCHELL.

[The Mitchella is a very delicate flower, a native of our woods, and although originally named from another botanist called Mitchell, was always a great favourite of Dr. S. L. Mitchell. The "double nature" alluded to in the poem refers to the fact of the flowers uniformly growing in pairs.]

A VISIT FROM ST. NICHOLAS.

BY CLEMENT C. MOORE.

ON SEEING A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG LADY

WHOSE HEALTH WAS IMPAIRED BY THE AGUE AND FEVER.

BY A. L. BLAUVELT.—1805.

THE GIFTS OF PROVIDENCE.

BY WILLIAM LIVINGSTON.—1747.

FROM A HUSBAND TO HIS WIFE.

BY C. C. MOORE.

PROPHETIC.

[Lines written on the window-glass of an Inn in England during the author's travels through Europe in 1774-5.]

BY GULIAN VERPLANCK.

LINES

[Suggested by a Perusal of "The Life of Chatterton."]

BY A. L. BLAUVELT.

THE MAGIC DRAUGHT.

[Addressed to a young Lady who gave him Seltzer water to drink.]

BY DR. S. L. MITCHELL.

IMPROMPTU.

[On Miss ——'s paying the tribute of a tear to a scene of distress.]

BY JACOB MORTON.—1790.

APPEAL

TO A CERTAIN GREAT MAN, WHO HAS

QUESTIONED CERTAIN REVEALED TRUTHS.

BY A. L. BLAUVELT.—1805.

LINES

TO A DAUGHTER OF THE LATE GOVERNOR CLINTON.

BY J. B. VAN SCHAICK.—1829.

THE SON OF SORROW.

TO MYRA.

BY A. L. BLAUVELT.

PORTRAITURE.

[From "Vice, a Satire," 1774.]

BY GULIAN VERPLANCK.

Ob: 1799.

THE FAREWELL.

BY JOHN I. BAILEY.

SONNET TO MYRA.

BY A. L. BLAUVELT.

TO CORDELIA.

BY JOHN J. BAILEY.

SONG.—WHEN OTHER FRIENDS ARE ROUND THEE

BY G. P. MORRIS.

DEATH OF THE FIRST-BORN.

BY WILLIS G. CLARK.

ELEGY ON THE EXILE AND DEATH OF OVID.

[Translated from the Latin of Angelus Politianus.]

BY FRANCIS ARDEN.—1821.

NAPOLEON.

BY ISAAC CLASON.—1825.

THE BUTTERFLY.

BY R. C. SANDS.

[From the French of De la Martine.]

FRAGMENT.

BY ISAAC CLASON.—1825.

LOVE'S REMEMBRANCER.

BY WILLIAM LEGGETT.

TO THE DYING YEAR.

BY J. G. BROOKS.

New-York:

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FOOTNOTES:

[A] Goethe and his Faust.

[B] Cuvier.

[C] Spurzheim.

[D] Scott.

[E] Champollion.

[F] Crabbe.

[G] Jeremy Bentham.

[H] Adam Clarke.

[I] The Duke of Reichstadt.

[J] Charles Carroll.

[K] Not the sportsman's favourite (scolopax minor) of our Atlantic shores, but the large crested woodpecker, so called in the western counties.

[L] Or "Lake Kau-na-ong-ga," meaning literally "two wings." White Lake, which is the unmeaning modern epithet of this beautiful sheet of water, is situated in the town of Bethel, Sullivan County, N. Y. It is in the form of a pair of huge wings expanded.

[M] The Rev. James W. Eastburn, by whom, in conjunction with Mr. Sands, the poem of Yamoyden was written, in separate portions.

[N] Hesiod. Theog. 1. 1. 60. 30.

[O] It may perhaps, to some, appear incongruous thus to mingle Heathen musicians among the Hebrews; but it is believed the incongruity will disappear on a moment's reflection upon the history and character of Herod the Great. His expeditions to Rome, Greece, and Syria, &c., were frequent, and he was not scrupulous in the introduction of games, sports, and gorgeous customs of the oriental nations, to heighten the effect of his own pageants. He built and rebuilt divers Heathen temples, and among them the Temple of Apollo, in Greece. Some historians deny that he was a Jew; but say that he was originally the guardian of the Temple of Apollo at Askalon, who, having been taken prisoner among the Idumeans, afterwards turned Jew.

[P] These lines, so musical in the original, and susceptible of equally melodious translation, were penned by the unfortunate Mary a few hours before her execution.

[Q] The substance usually called French chalk has this singular property, that what is written on glass, though easily rubbed out again so that no trace remains visible, by being breathed on becomes immediately distinctly legible.

[R] The above lines were translated by Dr. Mitchell, in October 1796, from the Italian of Dr. Gian Baptista Scandella, an accomplished gentleman, who afterwards, in September 1798, fell a victim to the yellow fever in the city of New York, just as he had finished his American tour, and was on the eve of embarking for Europe.