Specimens of American Poetry, with Critical and Biographical Notices. In Three Volumes.

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Contains poems treating Biblical themes: Timothy Dwight, “The Worship of the Gibeonites,” etc. (vol. 1, pp. 251-59); Thomas Dawes, "The Law Given at Sinai" (vol. 2, pp. 35-37); Mary A. Brooks, “Zophiel” (vol. 3, pp. 76-82); Nathaniel P. Willis, “Absalom” (vol. 3, pp. 256-59); J. B. Van Schaick, “Joshua Commanding the Sun and Moon to Stand Still” (vol. 3, pp. 332-33). [1]. Introductory. [2]. Two Thousand Years Ago. [3]. The Carpenter’s Son. [4]. Judaism the Mother and Christianity the Daughter. [5]. A Genuine Messiah.