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Edmund D. Griffin

1804–1830


Edmund D. Griffin (1804–1830) was a poet and Episcopal clergyman, born in the Wyoming Valley of Pennsylvania and a Columbia College graduate; his writings were collected after his early death.

Griswold included 4 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.

  1. Lines Written on Leaving Italy
  2. Description of Love, by Venus
  3. Emblems
  4. To a Lady

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