The Columbiad
Epic poem by Joel Barlow / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the epic poem. For other uses, see Columbiad (disambiguation).
The Columbiad (1807) is a philosophical epic poem by the American diplomat and man of letters Joel Barlow. It grew out of Barlow's earlier poem The Vision of Columbus (1787). Intended as a national epic for the United States, it was popular with the reading public and compared with Homer, Virgil and Milton.[citation needed]