THE POETICAL WORKS OF JOHN TRUMBULL, LL. D. CONTAINING M'FINGAL, A MODERN EPIC POEM, REVISED AND CORRECTED, WITH COPIOUS EXPLANATORY NOTES; THE PROGRESS OF DULNESS; AND A COLLECTION OF POEMS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS, WRITTEN BEFORE AND DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. II. HARTFORD: PRINTED FOR SAMUEL G. GOODRICH, BY LINCOLN & STONE. M DCCC XX. LS District of Connecticut, ss. Eit remembered, That on the seventh day of December, in the forty B fourth year of the Independence of the United States of America, JOHN TRUMBULL, of the said District hath deposited in this office the title of a Book, the right whereof he claims as Author, in the words following, to wit-"The "Poetical Works of John Trumbull, LL. D. containing M Fingal, a modern epic "poem, revised and corrected, with copious explanatory notes; the Progress of Dulness and a collection of Poems on various subjects, written before and during the "Revolutionary War." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States, entitled "An act "for the encouragement of learning, by securing the Copies of Maps, Charts and "Books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein men"tioned " CHARLES A. INGERSOLL, Clerk of the District of Connecticut. A true copy of Record, examined and sealed by me, CHARLES A. INGERSOLL, Clerk of the District of Connecticut. CONTENTS PROGRESS OF DULNESS, Part I......................................................... 1 1 PROGRESS OF DULNESS, Part II............................................ Owl and Sparrow.-A Fable.......................... 149 Prospect of the Future Glory of America....157 On the Vanity of Youthful Expectations......165 |