READINGS

IN

AMERICAN POETRY.

BY

RUFUS W. GRISWOLD,

EDITOR OF THE “ POETS AND POETRY OF AMERICA," ETC.

This be the Poet's praiso,
That he hath ever been of Liberty
The steadiest friend ; of Justice and of Truth
Firmest of all supporters ; of high thoughts,
And all the beauty of the inner world,
Creator.

American Prospects-1763

New-York:
JOHN C. RIKER, ANN STREET,