AMERICAN POETRY: THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES

c THE LIBRARY OF AMERICA Contents

GEORGE SANDYS (1578-1644) from Ovid's Metamorphoses, 1

THOMAS MORTON (C. 1580-c. 1646) from New English Canaan, or New Canaan The Authors Prologue, 4 The Poem, 4 The Songe, 5

JOHN SMITH (1580-1631) The Sea Marke, 7 JOHN WILSON (1588-1667) To God our twice-Revenger, 8 Anagram made by mr John Willson of Boston upon the Death of Mrs Abigaill Tompson, 9 WILLIAM BRADFORD (1590-1657) A Word to New England, 12 Of Boston in New England, 12 "Certain Verses left by the Honoured William Bradford Esq;," 14 CHRISTOPHER GARDINER (C. 1596-c. 1662) "Wolfes in Sheeps clothing why will ye," 16 EDWARD JOHNSON (1598-1672) New England's Annoyances, 17 "You that have seen these wondrous works by Sions Savior don," 20 from THE BAY PSALM BOOK (1640) Psalme 19, 23 Psalme 23, 24 Psalme 107, 25 ROGER WILLIAMS (C. 1606-1683) from A Key into the Language of America, 30 JOHN FISKE (1608-1677) John Kotton : O, Honie Knott, 32 John Wilson : W'on Sion-hil, 35 XL Xll CONTENTS

ANNE BRADSTREET (1612-1672) The Prologue (from The Tenth Muse), 36 A Dialogue between Old England and New, 38 The Author to her Book, 45 Contemplations, 46 Before the Birth of one of her Children, 55 To my Dear and loving Husband, 55 In memory of my dear grand-child Elizabeth Bradstreet, 56 On my dear Grand-child Simon Bradstreet, 57 "As weary pilgrim, now at rest," 57 To my dear children, 58 May. 13. 1657, 59 Upon my dear & loving husband his goeing into England, 60 "In silent night when rest I took," 61 JOHN SAFFIN (1626-1710) "Sweetly (my Dearest) I left thee asleep," 63 To his Excellency Joseph Dudley Eqr Gover: &c, 64 EDMUND HICKERINGILL (1631-1708) from Jamaica Viewed", 67 MICHAEL WIGGLESWORTH (1631-1705) A Song of Emptiness, 71 from The Day of Doom, 74 God's Controversy with New-England, 111 from Meat out of the Eater, 124 "I Walk'd and did a litde Mole-hill view," 128 URIAN OAKES (C. 1631-1681) An Elegie Upon that Reverend, Learned, Eminendy Pious, and Singularly Accomplished Divine, my ever Honoured Brother, Mr. Thomas Shepard, 132 GEORGE ALSOP (1636-c. 1673) The Author to His Book, 144 "Trafique is Earth's great Atlas, that supports," 146 "Heavens bright Lamp, shine forth some of thy Light," 146 BENJAMIN TOMPSON (1642-1714) The Grammarians Funeral, 148 from New-Englands Crisis, 150 To Lord Bellamont when entering Governour of the Massachusetts, 153 "Some of his last lines," 155 CONTENTS Xlll

JAMES REVEL (FL. c. 1659-1680) The Poor Unhappy Transported Felon's Sorrowful Account of His fourteen Years Transportation at Virginia, 156

EDWARD TAYLOR (C. 1642-1729) from Preparatory Meditations (First Series) 1. Meditation, 164 3. Meditation. Can. 1.3. Thy Good Ointment, 164 4. Meditation. Cant. 2.1. I am the Rose of Sharon, 166 The Reflexion, 168 9. Meditation. Joh. 6.51. I am the Living Bread, 169 23. Meditation. Cant. 4.8. My Spouse, 170 24. Meditation. Eph. 2.18. Through him we have—an Access—unto the Father, 172 32. Meditation. 1 Cor. 3.22. Whether Paul or Apollos, or Cephas, 173 39. Meditation, from 1 Joh. 2.1. If any man sin, we have an Advocate, 175 46. Meditation. Rev. 3.5. The same shall be cloathed in White Raiment, 176 from Preparatory Meditations (Second Series) 1. Meditation. Col. 2.17. Which are Shaddows of things to come and the body is Christs, 178 4. Meditation. Gal. 4.24. Which things are an Allegorie, 179 12. Meditation. Ezek. 37.24. David my Servant shall be their King, 180 14. Meditation. Col. 2.3. In whom are hid all the Treasures of Wisdom, and Knowledge, 182 18. Meditation. Heb 13.10. Wee have an Altar, 183 Meditation 24. Joh. 1.14. ecrKTjvwcrev ev Tabernacled amongst us, 185 34. Meditation. Rev. 1.5. Who loved us and washed away our Sins in his Blood, 187 60a. Meditation. Joh. 6.51. I am the Living Bread, that came down from Heaven, 189 150. Meditation. Cant. 7.3. Thy two breasts are like two young Roes that are twins, 190 from Gods Determinations The Preface, 191 The Accusation of the Inward Man, 192 The Glory of and Grace in the Church set out, 194 XIV CONTENTS

Upon a Spider Catching a Fly, 195 Upon a Wasp Child with Cold, 196 Huswifery, 198 The Ebb and Flow, 198 Upon the Sweeping Flood. Aug: 13.14- 1683, 199

FRANCIS DANIEL PASTORIUS (1651-1719) "In these Seven Languages I this my book do own," 200 A Token of Love and Gratitude, 200 Rachel Preston, Hannah Hill & Mary Norris, 202 "As often as some where before my Feet," 207 "Delight in Books from Evening," 207 "When I solidly do ponder," 207 Epibaterium, Or a hearty Congratulation to William Penn, 209 "If any honest Friend be pleased to walk into my poor Garden," 214

JOHN NORTON JR. (1651-1716) A Funeral Elogy, Upon that Pattern and Patron of Virtue, the truely pious, peerless & matchless Gentlewoman, Mrs. Anne Bradstreet, 216

SAMUEL SEWALL (1652-1730) "Once more! Our GOD, vouchsafe to Shine," 219 Upon the drying up that Ancient River, the River Merrimak, 220

BENJAMIN HARRIS (C. 1655-c. 1720) "In Adam's Fall," 221

JOHN DANFORTH (1660-1730) A few Lines to fill up a Vacant Page, 224

COTTON MATHER (1663-1728) "Go then, my Dove, but now no longer Mine\" 225 Gratitudinis Ergo, 225 Singing at the Plow, 232 The Songs of Harvest, 233

SARAH KEMBLE KNIGHT (1666-1727) from The Journal of Madam Knight "I ask thy Aid, O Potent Rum!" 234 "Tho' 111 at ease, A stranger and alone," 234 CONTENTS XV

ROBERT HUNTER (1666-1734) from Androboros: A Biographical Farce, 235

EBENEZER COOK (c. 1667-c. 1733) The Sot-Weed Factor; or, A Voyage to Maryland, &c., 239

LEWIS MORRIS II (1671-1746) The Mock Monarchy; or, the Kingdom of the Apes, 259

BENJAMIN COLMAN (1673-1747) A Quarrel with Fortune, 271 A Poem, on Elijahs Translation, 271

TOM LAW (FL. 1720s) Lovewell's Fight, 280

CHRISTOPHER WITT (1675-1765) From the Hymn-Book of Johannes Kelpius Of the Wilderness of the Secret, or Private Virgin-Cross-Love, 284 The Paradox and Seldom Contentment of the God loving Soul, 293 Of the Power of the New Virgin-Body, Wherein the Lord himself dwelleth and Revealeth his Mysteries, 297

HENRY BROOKE (1678-1736) The New Metamorphosis, or Fable of the Bald Eagle, 299 To my Bottle-friends, 303 Modern Politeness, 304 An unwilling Farewel to Poesy, 306

ROGER WOLCOTT (1679-1767) from Meditations on Man's First and Fallen Estate, and the Wonderful Love of God Exhibited in a Redeemer, 310 from A Brief Account of the Agency of the Honourable John Winthrop, Esq; in the Court of King Charles the Second, 313

CHARLES HANSFORD (C. 1685-1761) My Country's Worth, 329

GEORGE BERKELEY (1685-1753) Verses on the Prospect of planting Arts and Learning in America, 346 xvi CONTENTS

GEORGE SEAGOOD (C. 1685-1724) Mr. Blackmore's Expeditio Ultramontana, 347

JOSEPH BREINTNALL (C. 1695-1746) "A plain Description of one single Street in this City," 353 The Rape of Fewel, 354 To the Memory of Aquila Rose, Deceas'd, 357

JAMES KIRKPATRICK (1696-1770) The Nonpareil, 366

SUSANNA WRIGHT (1697-1784) Anna Boylens Letter to King Henry the 8th, 371 On the Benefit of Labour, 373 On the Death of a little Girl, 374 My own Birth Day, 376 To Eliza Norris—at Fairhill, 377

RICHARD LEWIS (C. 1699-1734) To Mr. Samuel Hastings, (Ship-wright of Philadelphia) on his launching the Maryland-Merchant, a large ship built by him at Annapolis, 380 A Journey from Patapsco to Annapolis, 386 Food for Criticks, 396

THOMAS DALE (1700-1750) Prologue spoken to the Orphan, 401 Epilogue to the Orphan, 402

"RALPHO COBBLE" (fl. 1732) "Learning that Cobvveb of the Brain," 403

JAMES STERLING (1701-1763) from An Epistle to the Hon. Arthur Dobbs, Esq. in Europe from a Clergyman in America, 405

WILLIAM DAWSON (1704-1752) The Wager, 413 On the Corruptions of the Stage, 420 To a Friend, Who recommended a Wife to Him, 421 To a Lady, on a Screen of Her Working, 421

JOHN ADAMS (1705-1740) Melancholly discrib'd and dispell'd, 423 CONTENTS xvii

ARCHIBALD HOME (C. 1705-1744) An Elegy On the much to be lamented Death of George Fraser of Elizabeth Town, 425 The Ear-Ring, 427 Black-Joke: A Song, 428 On killing a Book-Worm, 429 JOSEPH GREEN (1706-1780) To Mr. B occasioned by his Verse, to Mr. Smibert on seeing his Pictures, 430 The Poet's Lamentation for the Loss of his Cat, which he us'd to call his Muse, 430 On Mr. B—s's singing an Hymn of his own composing, 432 To the Author of the Poetry in the last Weekly Journal, 434 A True Impartial Account of the Celebration of the Prince of Orange's Nuptials at Portsmouth, 435 Inscription under Revd. Jn. Checkley's Picture, 437 "A fig for your learning, I tell you the Town," 437 The Disappointed Cooper, 437 "Hail! D—-p—t of wondrous fame," 440

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (1706-1790) Drinking Song, 443 I Sing My Plain Country Joan, 444 Three Precepts, 446

MATHER BYLES (1707-1788) Hymn to Christ for our Regeneration and Resurrection, 447 To Pictorio, on the Sight of his Pictures, 448 The Conflagration, 450 JANE COLMAN TURELL (1708-1735) To my Muse, December 29. 1725, 454 An Invitation into the Country, 454 "'Phoebus has thrice his Yearly Circuit run," 456 MARY HIRST PEPPERELL (1708-1789) A Lamentation &c. On the Death of a Child, 458 JOHN SECCOMB (1708-1792) Father Abbey's Will, 459 Proposal to Mistress Abbey, 462 ANON. The Convert to Tobacco, 466 xviii CONTENTS

"POOR JULIAN" Poor JuIIeyoun's Warnings to Children and Servants, 470 Advice from the Dead to the Living, 473

JUPITER HAMMON (1711-c. 1806) An Address to Miss Phillis Wheatly, Ethiopian Poetess, in Boston, 477

JOHN OSBORN (1713—1753) A Whaling Song, 481

THOMAS CRADOCK (1718-1770) Hymn for Ascension, 484 from Maryland Eclogues in Imitation of Virgil's, 485

CHARLES WOODMASON (c. 1720-c. 1777) To Benjamin Franklin Esq; of Philadelphia, on his Experiments and Discoveries of Electricity, 489

JAMES GRAINGER (C. 1721-1766) from The Sugar-Cane, 492

SAMUEL DAVIES (1723-1761) "What is great God\ and what is NOT," 516 "While o'er our guilty Land, O Lord," 517 "While various Rumours spread abroad," 519 The Invitations of the Gospel, 520 Self-Dedication at the Table of the Lord, 521

A.L.M. (fl. 1744) A College Room, 523

THOMAS CLEMSON (fl. 1746) "From Thomas Clemson ran away," 526

"CAROLINA, A YOUNG LADY" On her Father having desired her to forbid all young Men the House, 528

JOSEPH DUMBLETON (fl. 1744-1749) A Rhapsody on Rum, 529

WILLIAM LIVINGSTON (1723-1790) from Philosophic Solitude, 531 Proclamation, 538 CONTENTS xix

SAMSON OCCOM (1723-1792) The Sufferings of Christ, 543 A Morning Hymn, 544 A Son's Farewell, 545 The Slow Traveller, 546

ANON. A Description of a Winter's Morning, 548

ANON. The Petition, 549

WILLIAM SMITH (1727-1803) The Mock Bird and Red Bird, 550 The Cherry-Tree and Peach-Tree, 552 The Birds of different Feather, 554

HANNAH GRIFFITTS (1727-1817) The female Patriots. Address'd to the Daughters of Liberty in America, 558 To Sophronia. In answer to some Lines she directed to be wrote on my Fan, 559 The Cits Return from the Wilderness to the City, 559 Wrote on the last Day of February 1775, 561 Upon Reading a Book entituled Common Sense, 561 On reading a few Paragraphs in the Crisis, 562

MARY NELSON (fl. 1769) Forty Shillings Reward, 564

MERCY OTIS WARREN (1728-1814) A Thought on the Inestimable Blessing of Reason, occcasioned by its privation to a friend of very superior talents and virtues, 566 To Mr. , 567

LUCY TERRY (C. 1730-1821) Bars Fight, 570

NED BOTWOOD (C. 1730-1759) Hot Stuff, 571

HENRY TIMBERLAKE (1730-1765) A Translation of the War-Song, 572 XX CONTENTS

BENJAMIN BANNEKER (1731-1806) The Puzzle of the Hare and Hound, 574 THOMAS GODFREY JR. (1736-1763) Verses Occasioned by a Young Lady's asking the Author, What was a Cure for Love?, 576 Epistle to a Friend; from Fort Henry, 577 A Dithyrambic on Wine, 578 ANNIS BOUDINOT STOCKTON (1736-1801) A Satire on the fashionable pompoons worn by the Ladies in the year 1753. by a Gentleman; Answered by a young Lady of sixteen, 581 A Sarcasm against the ladies in a newspaper; An impromptu answer, 582 Compos'd in a dancing room, 583 A Poetical Epistle, addressed by a Lady of New-Jersey, to her Niece, upon her Marriage, in this City, 584 To Miss Mary Stockton, 587 Sensibility, an ode, 588 JOHN SINGLETON (fl. c. 1750-1767) from A General Description of the West-Indian Islands, 590 FRANCIS HOPKINSON (1737-1791) "My gen'rous heart disdains," 598 An Epitaph for an Infant, 599 The Battle of the Kegs, 599 A Camp Ballad, 602 JONATHAN ODELL (1737-1818) The Word of Congress, 604 THOMAS PAINE (1737-1809) Liberty Tree, 614 YANKEE DOODLE Yankee Doodle, or (as now christened by the Saints of New England), The Lexington March, 616 The Yankey's return from Camp, 618 ELIZABETH GRAEME FERGUSSON (1737-1801) To Doctor Fothergill, 621 ROBERT BOLLING (1738-1775) Neanthe, 625 Occlusion, 639 CONTENTS xxi

NATHANIEL EVANS (1742-1767) To Benjamin Franklin, Esq: L.L.D., Occasioned by hearing him play on the Harmonica, 641

JOSEPH STANSBURY (1742-1809) Verses to the Tories, 643 The United States, 643 To Cordelia, 644

WILLIAM BILLINGS (1746-1800) Chester, 646

JOHN ANDRE (1750-1780) Cow-Chace, 647

JOHN TRUMBULL (1750-1831) from The Progress of Dulness (from Part Third: The Progress of Coquetry, or, The Adventures of Miss Harriet Simper), 657 from M'Fingal (from Canto Third, The Liberty Pole), 668

ANN ELIZA BLEECKER (1752-1783) Written in the Retreat from Burgoyne, 680 On Reading Dryden's Virgil, 681 Return to Tomhanick, 682

TIMOTHY DWIGHT (1752-1817) from The Triumph of Infidelity, 684 from Greenfield Hill (Part II, The Flourishing Village), 687 from The Psalms of David "Shall man, O God of light, and life," 708 "While life prolongs its precious light," 710 "I love thy kingdom, Lord," 711

ANON. from The Philadelphiad Country Clown, 713 Quaker, 714 The Universal Motive, 715 Bagnio, 716 The Emigrant, 717 Miss Kitty Cut-a-dash, 718

ANNE HECHT (fl. 1780s) Advice to Mrs. Mowat, 720 XXll CONTENTS

PHILIP FRENEAU (1752-1832) American Liberty, 723 Libera nos, Domine—Deliver us, O Lord, 732 Female Frailty, 733 Stanzas Occasioned by the Ruins of a Country Inn, 739 The Dying Indian, 740 The Wild Honey Suckle, 742 The Indian Student, or Force of Nature, 743 Lines occasioned by a Visit to an old Indian Burying Ground, 746 The Country Printer, 747 To Sir Toby, a Sugar-Planter in the interior parts of Jamaica, 752 To Mr. Blanchard, 754 The Republican Genius of Europe, 755 On a Honey Bee, Drinking from a Glass of Wine, and Drowned Therein, 756

DAVID HUMPHREYS (1752-1818) Mount-Vernon: An Ode, 758 The Genius of America, 760 The Monkey, Who Shaved Himself and His Friends, 761

ST. GEORGE TUCKER (1752-1827) A Dream on Bridecake, 763 A Second Dream on Bridecake, 764

GEORGE OGILVIE (c. 1753-1801) from Carolina; or, The Planter, 767

PHILLIS WHEATLEY (C. 1753-1784) To Mgecenas, 774 To the University of Cambridge, in New-England, 775 On being brought from Africa to America, 776 On the Death of the Rev. Mr. George Whitefield, 777 To the Right Honourable William, Earl of Dartmouth, 778 To S. M., a young African Painter, on seeing his Works, 780 A Farewel to America, 781 To a Gentleman of the Navy, 783 Philis's Reply to the Answer in our last by the Gentleman in the Navy, 784 To His Excellency General Washington, 786 Liberty and Peace, 787 CONTENTS XXlll

LEMUEL HAYNES (1753-1833) The Battle of Lexington, 789 JOEL BARLOW (1754-1812) Innumerable mercies acknowledged, 796 from The Conspiracy of Kings, 796 The Hasty-Pudding, 799 ROYALL TYLER (1757-1826) The Origin of Evil. An Elegy, 809 Ode Composed for the Fourth of July, 813 An Irregular Supplicatory Address to the American Academies of Arts and Sciences, 815 MARGARET LOWTHER PAGE (1759-1835) To Miss J. L.—, 818 SARAH WENTWORTH MORTON (1759-1846) The African Chief, 820 Memento, 822 JOSEPH HOPKINSON (1770-1842) Song, Adapted to the President's March ("Hail Columbia!"), 823 THOMAS GREEN FESSENDEN (1771-1837) Jonathan's Courtship, 825 CHARLES BROCKDEN BROWN (1771-1810) Monody, On the death of Gen. George Washington, 828 ROBERT TREAT PAINE JR. (1773-1811) Adams and Liberty, 831 WILLIAM MUNFORD (1775-1825) The Disasters of Ricliland, 834

Biographical Notes, 839 Note on the Texts, 881 Acknowledgements, 894 Notes, 898 Index of Titles and First Lines, 942 Index of Poets, 951