Walter Colton

Walter Colton (1797–1851) was a clergyman and navy chaplain, born in Rutland County, Vermont, and a graduate of Yale. He later served as alcalde of Monterey, California.

Griswold included 2 of his poems in The Poets and Poetry of America (16th edition, Philadelphia: Parry & McMillan, 1855), the anthology from which the poems here are taken.