One is a Christmas poem by Princeton’s Annis Stockton (1736-1801). One of the early female poets who published in the colonies and the new nation, she was also married to Declaration of Independence signer Richard Stockton. She wrote the following excerpted poem in 1789.
Philip Freneau (1752–1832) attended Princeton University, where his roommate was James Madison. In addition to working on ships and serving in the military, the Freehold resident was a newspaper writer and publisher. He also is referred to as “the poet of the American Revolution.”
The following excerpted poem appeared on January 1, 1798, as a broadside with a note saying “the Carrier of the Time-Piece, presents the following Address to His Patrons, with the Compliments of the Season.”
Henry Van Dyke (1852-1933) was a theologian, poet, and short story writer who, despite his birth in Germantown, Pennsylvania, had a long history with Princeton: he graduated from Princeton University in 1873, from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1877, taught English at Princeton University from 1899 to 1923, and is buried in Princeton Cemetery. The following poem appeared in 1924.
