NBH p.v. 14, no 8.
—— The works, in verse and prose, of the late Robert Treat Paine, Jun. Esq. With notes. To which are prefixed, sketches of his life, character and writings. Boston: Printed and published by J. Belcher. 1812. 1 p.l., (i)vi-lxxxviii p., 3 l., (1)6-464 p., 1 l., 1 port. 8º.
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Contents: Sketches of the life, character and writings of the late R. T. Paine, by Charles Prentiss.—Tributary lines, to the memory of the late R. T. Paine.—Part 1, Juvenile poems, consisting chiefly of college exercises.—Part 2, Miscellaneous poems.—Part 3, Odes and songs.—Part 4, Prose writings.—Notes.
Part 2 includes the following: The prize prologue; The invention of letters, a poem; The ruling passion, an occasional poem; Dedicatory address spoken at the New Federal Theatre; Monody on the death of Lieutenant General Sir John Moore.
Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809. Miscellaneous poems. By Thomas Paine. London: Printed and published by R. Carlile, 55, Fleet Street. 1819. 2 p.l., 24 p. 8º.
* C p.v. 403, no. 22
Contents: The Farmer’s dog. Song on the death of General Wolfe. The snow-drop and critic. Account of the burning of Bachelor’s Hall. Liberty tree. Verses on war. Song to the tune of Rule Britannia. Lines occasioned by the question—“What is love?” Epigram on a long-nosed friend. On the British constitution. Story of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. A commentary on the eastern wise men. Lines from “The castle in the air” to “The little corner of the world.”
Reprinted in The writings of Thomas Paine, edited by M. D. Conway, New York, 1896, v. 4, p. 477-498, IAW, with the addition of the following poems: The monk and the Jew, The Boston patriotic song, Columbia, Contentment, Federalist feast, and Lines extempore.
The “Verses on war,” which is printed in Conway’s edition under the title “An address to Lord Howe,” is printed under the title “To the king of England” in The Columbian museum, Philadelphia, 1793, part 1, January to June, p. 4-5, Reserve. “The Liberty tree” is also in The Pennsylvania magazine, Philadelphia, May, 1775, p. 328-329, Reserve, and in Stedman and Hutchinson’s A library of American literature. New York, 1889, v. 3, p. 234, NBB.