xviii CONTENTS
VI
THE AMERICAN AS AUGUSTAN POET
Ebenezer Cook: “THE SOT-WEED FACTOR” 588
William Byrd: “LONG HAS THE FURIOUS PRIEST,” “A SONG” 609
Richard Lewis: “DESCRIPTION OF THE SPRING.” “A JOURNEY FROM PATAPSCO IN MARYLAND TO ANNAPOLIS, APRIL, 4, 1730.” 611
William Dawson: “HYMN TO THE MORNING,” “AN ANACREONTIQUE,” “SONG” 622
Mather Byles: “WRITTEN IN MILTON’S PARADISE LOST,” “TO PICTORIO” 626
Benjamin Church: “THE CHOICE” 634
Joseph Dumbleton: “THE PAPER-MILL,” “A RHAPSODY ON RUM” 643
George Webb: “BATCHELORS-HALL” 647
Jonathan Boucher: “ABSEBCE: A PASTORAL” 651
Nathaniel Evans: “TO BENJAMIN FRANKLIN” 656
VII
THE FRONTIERSMAN
George Croghan: from THE JOURNAL 663
John Filson: THE ADVETURES OF COL. DANIEL BOON 689