THE

POETS AND POETRY

OF

AMERICA.

WITH AN HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION.

BY RUFUS W. GRISWOLD.

HERE THE FREE SPIRIT OF MANKIND AT LENGTH
THROWS ITS LAST FETTERS OFF; AND WHO SHALL PLACE
A LIMIT TO THE GIANT'S UNCHAINED STRENGTH,
OR CURB HIS SWIFTNESS IN THE FORWARD RACE?

BRYANT.

ERE LONG, THINE EVERY STREAM SHALL FIND A TONGUE,
LAND OF THE MANY WATERS!

HOFFMAN.

FOURTH EDITION, REVISED, WITH ILLUSTRATIONS.

PHILADELPHIA:

CAREY AND HART, CHESNUT STREET.

MDCCCXLIII.

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ENTERED, ACCORDING TO ACT OF CONGRESS, IN THE YEAR 1842, BY CAREY & HART, IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA.

L. JOHNSON, STEREOTYPER

C. SHERMAN AND CO., PRINTERS.