THE

WAGONER OF THE ALLEGHANIES.

A POEM OF THE DAYS OF SEVENTY-SIX.

BY

THOMAS BUCHANAN READ.

REESE LIBRARY

THE

UNIVERSIT.

CALIFOR

Thee,

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

PHILADELPHIA:

J. B. LIPPINCOTT & CO.

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.

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UNIVERSITY) 1863
CALIFORNIA MAIN

DEDICATION.

TO JAMES L. CLAGHORN.

MIGHT I draw the inspiration
Which the sky nat oft awards,
And so join the constellation
Of the death-defying bards;

Might I build some lofty moral,
Reaching heavenward like a hill,
On whose top should grow the laurel,
Leaning towards me at its will;-

I would gather all the honor

Not to bind around my brow; But to you, a grateful donor,

I would come, as I do now,