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Poems of Freneau

Freneau, Philip Morin (1752-1832)

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1.

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.

THE BRITISH 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;

2.

PART TWO POEMS OF ROMANTIC FANCY

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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.