| Samuel Kettell, ed. Specimens of American Poetry. 1829. | | | | The Lay of a Mountain Spirit | | By James A. Jones (1791–1854) |
| | | I HEARD the Spirit of a Mountain | |
| Discoursing with a lowland Fay. | |
| They sat beside a prattling fountain, | |
| Just ere the cock proclaim’d the day. | |
| The Mountain Spirit bears a pine, | 5 |
| Sere neighbor to an iron mine— | |
| His locks the rock-moss gray. | |
| The little urchin shakes a vine, | |
| Whereon the rich black clusters shine, | |
| And carols he a lay, | 10 |
| Which bids his mountain listeners note | |
| The joys that o’er the valley float. | | | | |
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