The Native Muse

admiration adventures Æneid Ameri American literature ancient appear beauty better blank verse character Charles Brockden Brown common Cornelius Mathews countrymen critics cultivated delight Edinburgh Review effect England English English language equal Europe excellence expression fancy feeling fiction foreign forests French genius give glory habits heart human Iliad imagination imitation important Indian influence intellectual interest Irving James Kirke Paulding labor land language Leaves of Grass literary living look manners materials matter mind models modern moral muse national literature native nature never North American Review novel object opinion original ourselves passions peculiar perhaps Philip Freneau poems poet poetical poetry political praise present produced race reader remarks Review romance scenery scenes society song soul speak spirit style talent taste thing thought tion true truth verse Washington Irving words