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1 Preface Introduction p. 1 Manuscript Sources and This Text p. 58 An invitation ode to a young Lady in New York from her friend in the Country - New Brunswick p. 71 May the 22d 1753 A Satire on the fashionable pompoons worn by the Ladies in the year by a Gentleman; p. 72 Answered by a young Lady of sixteen A Hymn Written in the year 1753 p. 73 A Sarcasm against the ladies in a newspaper; An impromptu answer p. 74 An Ode - written 1756 p. 75 The dream, an Ode[,] 1756 p. 76 The disappointment[,] an ode 1756 to Mr S[tockton] p. 76 On hearing of the out powering of the divine spirit in Nassau Hall[,] Feb by Annis Boudanot p. 77 To my Burrissa p. 78 To Laura - a card p. 79 To Laura p. 80 Addressed to a Student of divinity p. 80 To a friend who had persuaded Emelia to marry[,] an Ode p. 81 The question[,] upon being told in Jest by Mr S[tockton] that he was not loved much p. 82 The epithalamium p. 83 To the Honourable Col. Peter Schuyler p. 84 An Epitaph by a young lady, design'd by herself p. 84 An Epistle to a friend who urg'd to have some poetry sent her in the year 1759, in the winter p. 85 The wish to Miss Hannah Stockton p. 86 Doubt[,] a pastoral ballad p. 87 Epistle - To Lucius p. 88 To the Visitant, from a circle of Ladies, on reading his paper. No. 3, in the Pennsylvania Chronicle p. 89 Compos'd in a dancing room[,] December 69 p. 90 To Mr S[tockto]n on his departure from America to England[,] 1769 p. 91 [I]mpromptu epitaph on the grave digger of princeton p. 92 [O]n reading Dr. Beaties Hermit p. 92 By a Lady in America to her Husband in England p. 93 On hearing that General Warren was killed on Bunker-Hill, on the 17th of June 1775 p. 94 On the death of General Montgomery p. 95 To Mrs Rush[,] on Her birth day p. 96 To Miss Mary Stockton[,] an Epistle the 10th of Janu 78 p. 96 [L]ines impromptu on Miss Morgans birth day p. 98 [A Short Elegy to the Memory of Her Husband] p. 98

2 A sudden production of Mrs. Stockton's in one of those many anxious nights in which she p. 100 watched with Mr. Stockton in his last illness [Untitled Elegy: Why wanders my friend in this grove?] p. 102 On hearing of the news of the capture of Lord Cornwallis and the British army, by Gen. Washington Lucinda and Aminta, a pastoral, on the capture of Lord Cornwallis and the british army, by General Washington An elegiack Ode on the 28th day of February [1782]. The anniversary of Mr. [Stockton's] death p. 105 p. 106 p. 112 To Doctor R[ush] enclosing the foregoing [Ode of 1782] p. 114 Elegy p. 115 Aniversary Elegy on the Death of Mr Stockton the 28th of feb 1783 p. 115 On a little boy going to play on a place from whence he had just fallen p. 117 To General Washington [Aug. 26, 1783] p. 118 To General Washington[,] An Epistle p. 119 The bridal wish adressed to Mr S. Stockton and his Lady the morning after their maraige p. 120 On the return of Col Laurens from his Confinement in the tower of London p. 120 Peace, A Pastoral Dialogue. - Part the second p. 121 Elegy on the death of Miss Chandler[,] as if written in her fathers church yard p. 130 Fragment on hearing the account of Mrs Ramseys death p. 131 On Seeing Mrs Macauly Graham p. 131 Fragment[,] Janu'ry 1786 p. 132 An Elegy on the death of Mrs Wilson, April the 19[,] 1786 p. 132 On an enclosure of roses in which is the grave of Miss Mary Morgan a young lady of 13 years p. 133 of age daughter of Col Morgan A Poetical Epistle, addressed by a Lady of New-Jersey, to her Niece, upon her Marriage, in this City p. 134 Lines on the death of Mrs Petit of philadelphia p. 137 On Doctor Rushes birth day the 5th of January - after ten days thick fog p. 138 Addressed to General Washington, in the year 1777, after the battles of Trenton and Princeton p. 139 On the Celebration of the Birth of the Dauphin of France p. 141 Elegy inscribed to Richard J Stockton Esqr [Feb. 28, 1787] p. 142 To Richard John Stockton Esqr[,] inclosing the preceding Elegy [Feb. 28, 1787] p. 143 Epistle to General Washington [May 26, 1787] p. 144 Lines on the death of Mrs Hill suppos'd to be spoken by her sister Mrs Clymer p. 146 On the birth day of the Revd Doctor Witherspoon[,] 1788 p. 147 Elegy on the destruction of the trees by the Isicles Sunday and monday of Feb[,] the 17th and 18th[,] 1788 p. 148 Resignation[,] an Elegiac ode[,] February the 28th[,] 1788 p. 149 Impromptu on the morning of my sons weding day which was ushered in by a fall of snow p. and 150 soon after cleared by a very bright sun To the President of the United States p. 150 The Vision p. 152

3 On Exodus XXX. 18 p. 154 An Elegy on the Death of a Young Lady. By the same p. 155 Lines on Seeing Mrs Elizabeth Witherspoon put in the grave p. 155 An extemporal Ode in a Sleepless Night. By a Lady, (Mrs. S. of New-Jersey) while attending on her Husband in a long and painful Illness p. 156 An Ode for Christmas Day p. 157 Ode to Constantius p. 159 An ode on the birth day of the illustrious George Washington President of the United States p. 160 To Aspasio p. 162 [L]ines on hearing of the death of Doctor Franklin p. 162 To Doctor Smith on his birth day March the 16th[,] 1790 p. 163 The prospect. By a lady in Princeton p. 163 A Lyric Ode. - Feb 28 p. 165 An ode to Doctor Smith on his birth day March the 16th[,] 1791 p. 166 Elegy on the death of Mrs Dickinson[.] [T]he event was communicated at the Sea shore p. 168 [Acrostic for Georgeana Cuthbert] p. 169 [Acrostic for Abby Stockton] p. 170 An ode p. 170 To Doctor Smith on his birth day March 16th[,] 92 p. 171 To a little Miss[,] with a toy lookingglass p. 172 To a little Miss a year older than the one to whom the Glass was promised[,] with a toy looking Glass p. 173 [Impromptu on reading the several motions made against Mr. Hamilton] p. 174 [L]ines on a young Gentleman who died of the yellow fever at princeton a day or two after p. he 175 fled from the city for fear of it To Miss Mary Stockton[,] an epistle upon some gentleman refusing to admit ladies of p. 176 their circle into the parlour till supper where they met for conversation and business once a week lest the Ladies should hinder by their chit chat the purpose of their meeting Impromptu On hearing that a print of the Guliteene with our beloved presidents figure under it was executed in Mr Genets family - under his Sanction p. 178 Some traits of the character of Mrs. Powel as a model for a young lady who said she admired p. 178 her more than any other woman To Mrs Powel[,] an Ode p. 179 After a night of perplexing dreams p. 233 Almira to [C]eladon[,] founded on a story in a magazine p. 233 A birth day ode p. 234 Caprice[,] a Fragment p. 235 An elegy in the extreme Illness of a friend whose disorder was the bursting of a blood vesel in his breast An epigram addressed to two clergymen who had been trying in Jest to put some Constructions on the Conversation that was not meant p. 236 p. 237 [E]pigram to Fidelia p. 237

4 Ill penserosa[,] an ode p. 238 [I]mpromptu Epigram upon being asked to accompany three or four very fine girls with some gentleman in a rural walk p. 239 An impromptu ode before day on the 24th of Dec[,] Christmas morning p. 240 [I]mpromptu on seeing a very agreeable gentleman and lady, particular friends conversing together p. 240 [I]mpromptu written with a pencil in a chinese temple in the garden of Mr Elisha Boudinot p. 241 Lavinia and Amanda, a Pastoral p. 241 Lines To My Brother from a pavillion in his garden p. 245 Meditation on the 3d verse of the 28th chapter of Mathew[:] And the angel answer'd and said unto the woman[,] Fear not ye for I know that Ye seek Jesus which was crucified p. 246 An Ode[,] To Amanda p. 246 An Ode to solitude Inscribed to Mrs Boudinot p. 247 On Hearing the cooing of a dove[,] a song p. 248 [F]ragment on the death of a minester p. 249 On the suns setting clear after a three days storm p. 249 The restoration of a stolen fan[.] To - p. 250 Sensibility[,] an ode p. 250 Soliliguy in a sleepless night p. 251 Tears of friendship[.] Elegy the third. - to a friend just married, and who had promised to write, on parting, but had neglected it p. 252 The tears of friendship[.] [E]legy the 4th p. 253 Thoughts on the pythagorian System p. 254 To a friend going to Sea p. 256 To Amanda - Who was obliging enough to delight her friend with singing every evening two p. 256 songs which she was very fond off To Mr Lewis pintard on his retirement at new Rochelle p. 257 [T]he wish on a wedding day morning p. 258 [Untitled: How blest the soul to whom indulgent heaven] p. 259 [Untitled: Sweet Mariana gentle maid adieu] p. 260 [Untitled: Wise nature here has done her kindest part] p. 260 A Poetical Correspondence between Palemon and AEmilia, 1757: The Literary and Social p. 270 Context A Poetical Correspondence between Palemon and AEmilia, 1757: The Text p. 274 A Poetical Correspondence between Palemon and AEmilia, 1757: [Nathaniel Scudder Prime's Later Commentary] A Poetical Correspondence between Palemon and AEmilia, 1757: Notes to the Poetical Correspondence p. 290 p. 291 Appendix I: Poems Published in Stockton's Lifetime p. 269 Appendix II: Related Poems p. 299 Appendix III: Letter from Annis Boudinot Stockton to Julia Stockton Rush, on Mary Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792) p. 304 Notes to Appendixes p. 308

5 Bibliography p. 309 Indexes: 1. First Names and Pseudonyms Found in the Poems p. 320 Indexes: 2. Proper Names Found in the Poems p. 327 Indexes: 3. First Lines of the Poems p. 333 Table of Contents provided by Blackwell's Book Services and R.R. Bowker. Used with permission.