Text: C. F. Briggs (?), Literary, Broadway Journal (New York), February 8, 1845, vol. 1, no. 6, p. ??

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A CHAUNT OF LIFE AND OTHER POEMS, with Sketches and Essays, by Ralph Hoyt, in Six Parts. Part 1. 1544.

There is too little material in this delicate volume to base an opinion of the author's poetic ability upon. The poems are but five short pieces of verse, besides the Chaunt — the Sketches and Essays do not appear. The author says that “these compositions appear in compliance with the wishes of many of the writer's friends.” We cannot conceive of a better reason for publishing a volume of poems, or one better calculated to disarm criticism. The embellishments of Mr. Hoyt's modest volume are rather an injury to it.