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American

William Croswell

1804–1851

William Croswell (1804–1851) was an Episcopal clergyman and poet, born in Hudson, New York, and rector of Christ Church in Boston.

Griswold included 8 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.

Poems (8)

  1. To G. W. D.
  2. Ad Amicum
  3. The Synagogue
  4. The Clouds
  5. The Ordinal
  6. Christmas Eve
  7. The Death of Stephen
  8. The Christmas Offering

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