David Humphreys

David Humphreys (1752–1818) was an American soldier, diplomat and poet, born in Derby, Connecticut. A Yale graduate and one of the Connecticut Wits, he served on Washington's staff during the Revolution.

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.