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Poems of Freneau

Freneau, Philip Morin (1752-1832)

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PART ONE POEMS OF FREEDOM

The RISING GLORY OF AMERICA.

A POLITICAL LITANY.

TO THE AMERICANS,

ON A HESSIAN DEBARKATION. 1776.

AMERICA INDEPENDENT;

On the new AMERICAN FRIGATE ALLIANCE.

On the Death OF CAPTAIN NICHOLAS BIDDLE,

GEORGE THE THIRD'S SOLILOQUY.

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THE BRITISH PRISON SHIP

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CANTO I. The CAPTURE.

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CANTO II. The PRISON SHIP.

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CANTO III. The HOSPITAL PRISON SHIP.

On THE MEMORABLE VICTORY,

TO LORD CORNWALLIS,

ON THE FALL OF GENERAL EARL CORNWALLIS,

TO THE MEMORY Of the brave AMERICANS,

ARNOLD'S DEPARTURE.

THE POLITICAL BALANCE; OR, THE FATES OF BRITAIN AND AMERICA COMPARED: A TALE.

BARNEY'S INVITATION.

A PICTURE OF THE TIMES,

To A CONCEALED ROYALIST

Occasioned By GENERAL WASHINGTON'S Arrival in Philadelphia,

On the EMIGRATION TO AMERICA and Peopling the Western Country

LITERARY IMPORTATION.

Epistle to THE PATRIOTIC FARMER.

ON THE PROSPECT OF A REVOLUTION IN FRANCE

THE DISTREST THEATRE.

The New England SABBATH-DAY CHACE.

On the Death of DR. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.

THE AMERICAN SOLDIER.

Occasioned by A LEGISLATION BILL

LINES WRITTEN ON A PUNCHEON OF JAMAICAN SPIRITS.

A WARNING TO AMERICA.

On the FOURTEENTH OF JULY,

TO CRISPIN O'CONNER,

CRISPIN'S ANSWER.

To SHYLOCK AP-SHENKIN.

To a PERSECUTED PHILOSOPHER.

TO AN ANGRY ZEALOT:

On the Demolition of the FRENCH MONARCHY.

On the FRENCH REPUBLICANS.

On MR. PAINE'S RIGHTS OF MAN.

ODE TO LIBERTY.

On the Death of a REPUBLICAN PRINTER:

On The ANNIVERSARY

To SHYLOCK AP-SHENKIN.

To a NOISY POLITICIAN.

Addressed to a POLITICAL SHRIMP,

On the DEATH OF CATHARINE II.

PREFATORY LINES TO A PERIODICAL PUBLICATION.

THE REPUBLICAN FESTIVAL:

TO DUNCAN DOOLITTLE,

The MILLENNIUM—

To the SCRIBE OF SCRIBES.

TO THE AMERICANS OF THE UNITED STATES.

To the DEMOCRATIC COUNTRY EDITORS.

The POLITICAL WEATHERCOCK.

ON THE ABUSE OF HUMAN POWER

On the SYMPTOMS OF HOSTILITIES.

LINES ADDRESSED TO MR. JEFFERSON,

On the BRITISH COMMERCIAL DEPREDATIONS.

MILITARY RECRUITING

On the LAKE EXPEDITIONS.

The BATTLE OF LAKE ERIE

The VOLUNTEER'S MARCH.

The BATTLE OF STONINGTON

On the CONFLAGRATIONS AT WASHINGTON;

To THE LAKE SQUADRONS.

ROYAL CONSULTATIONS;

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2.

PART TWO POEMS OF ROMANTIC FANCY

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The HISTORY of the PROPHET JONAH

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The PYRAMIDS OF EGYPT

THE POWER of FANCY.

THE PRAYER OF ORPHEUS.

The AMERICAN VILLAGE, &c.

THE DESERTED FARM-HOUSE.

THE CITIZEN'S RESOLVE.

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The PICTURES OF COLUMBUS,

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Picture I. Columbus making Maps.

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Picture II. The Cell of an Inchantress.

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Picture III. The Mirror.

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Picture IV. Columbus addresses King Ferdinand.

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Picture V. Ferdinand and his First Minister.

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Picture VI. Columbus addresses Queen Isabella.

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Picture VII. Queen Isabella's Page of Honour writing a reply to Columbus.

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Picture VIII. Columbus at the Harbour of Palos, in Andalusia.

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Picture IX. A Sailor's Hut, near the Shore Thomas and Susan

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Picture X. Bernardo, a Spanish Friar, in his canonicals.

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Picture XI. Orosio, a Mathematician, with his scales and compasses.

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Picture XII. Columbus and a Pilot.

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Picture XIII. Discontents at Sea.

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Picture XIV. Columbus at Cat Island.

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Picture XV. Columbus in a Tempest, on his return to Spain.

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Picture XVI. Columbus visits the Court at Barcelona.

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Picture XVII. Columbus in Chains.

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Picture XVIII. Columbus at Valladolid.

THE SILENT ACADEMY.

THE VERNAL AGUE.

The HOUSE of NIGHT

The JAMAICA FUNERAL.

The BEAUTIES OF SANTA CRUZ

THE JEWISH LAMENTATION at Euphrates.

ON AMANDA'S SINGING BIRD:

CAPTAIN J. P. JONES'S INVITATION.

The VANITY OF EXISTENCE.

SCANDINAVIAN WAR SONG.

THE PROPHECY of King TAMMANY

THE DYING INDIAN:

Written AT PORT ROYAL

THE SEASONS MORALIZED.

On THE VICISSITUDES OF THINGS

THE WILD HONEY SUCKLE.

On A BOOK CALLED UNITARIAN THEOLOGY

THE BERMUDA ISLANDS.

FLORIO TO AMANDA.

THE FAIR SOLITARY.

AMANDA IN A CONSUMPTION.

THE INDIAN BURYING GROUND.

THE INDIAN STUDENT:

ALCINA'S ENCHANTED ISLAND.

HORACE, LIB. I. ODE 15.

PALEMON TO LAVINIA.

AMANDA'S COMPLAINT.

St. CATHARINE's.

ON THE SLEEP OF PLANTS.

The ORATOR OF THE WOODS.

THE BERGEN PLANTER.

THE BANISHED MAN.

MODERN DEVOTION.

THE PARTING GLASS.

THE DISH OF TEA.

The DRUNKARD'S APOLOGY

To a DECEASED DOG.

EPISTLE to a Student of Dead Languages.

HERMIT'S VALLEY.

TO A NIGHT-FLY,

THE INDIAN CONVERT.

On ARRIVING IN SOUTH CAROLINA, 1798.

LINES WRITTEN AT SEA.

THE NAUTICAL RENDEZVOUS.

A BACCHANALIAN DIALOGUE.

OCTOBER'S ADDRESS:

On Passing BY AN OLD CHURCHYARD.

ON A HONEY BEE,

REFLECTIONS on the Constitution, or Frame of Nature.

The BROOK OF THE VALLEY.

Lines on the ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NEW THEATRE

BELIEF AND UNBELIEF:

On the UNIVERSALITY AND OTHER ATTRIBUTES of the GOD OF NATURE.

On the UNIFORMITY AND PERFECTION of NATURE.

ON THE RELIGION OF NATURE.

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Adorned with all that nature could impart
To please the fancy and to gain the heart;
Heaven ne'er above more innocence possessed,
Nor earth the form of a diviner guest:
A mind all virtue!—flames descended here
From some bright seraph of some nobler sphere;
Yet, not her virtues, opening into bloom,
Nor all her sweetness saved her from the tomb,
From prospects darkened, and the purpose crossed,
Misfortune's winter,—and a lover lost;
Nor such resemblance to the forms above,
The heart of goodness, and the soul of love!

Ye thoughtless fair!—her early death bemoan,
Sense, virtue, beauty, to oblivion gone.