THE

WAGONER OF THE ALLEGHANIES.

A POEM OF THE DAYS OF SEVENTY-SIX.

BY

THOMAS BUCHANAN READ.

"Thee,

Of the iron heart! they could not tame,
For thou wert of the mountains!"-BRYANT.

PHILADELPHIA:

J. B. LIPPINCOTT & CO.

BOL

- 1 MAY 1985

LIBRA

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1862, by

J. B. LIPPINCOTT & CO.

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

MIGHT I draw the inspiration
Which the sky not oft awards,
And so join the constellation
Of the death-defying bards;