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POETRY.

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"Patriæ fumus igne alieno luculentior."

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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 fromthe poetical writings of natives of the State of New-York.The chief object in making the collection was to give 'a localhabitation and a name' to fugitive pieces, which, though deemedworthy of being thus preserved, have hitherto been circulatedin the newspapers and periodicals solely. It was thoughtwell, however, by way of giving completeness to the work, toembody with the rest specimens of those New-York poetswhose writings have been already collected in another shape.The design of executing such a work only suggested itselfto the Publisher a fortnight before the last sheet was put topress; and as he was desirous that The New-York Bookshould appear at the season when the annuals and other similarpublications are most in request, those who have aided himin the compilation have perhaps vainly attempted to make upin industry for the want of time. Under the most favourablecircumstances, however, it would be idle to attempt makingsuch a collection what it ought to be in a single volume. Thefield of our Anthology is wider than any casual observer couldconceive; and even in thus rapidly exploring it, the sourcesof so many new specimens have been indicated that it ishoped the reception of this volume will be such as to warrantthe Publisher in soon following it up by another of the samecharacter.

  38 Gold Street, Dec. 24, 1836.

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LIST OF WRITERS.

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