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Poems of Freneau

Freneau, Philip Morin (1752-1832)

PART ONE POEMS OF FREEDOM

The RISING GLORY OF AMERICA.

DISCOVERY.

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

CANTO I. The CAPTURE.

CANTO II. The PRISON SHIP.

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.

SONG,

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.

STANZAS

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.

EPISTLE

THE DEPARTURE:

THE AMERICAN SOLDIER.

Occasioned by A LEGISLATION BILL

To the PUBLIC.

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 MY BOOK.

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.

ODE

On the Death of a REPUBLICAN PRINTER:

On The ANNIVERSARY

To SHYLOCK AP-SHENKIN.

To a NOISY POLITICIAN.

Addressed to a POLITICAL SHRIMP,

To MY BOOK.

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.

REFLECTIONS

The POLITICAL WEATHERCOCK.

REFLECTIONS

STANZAS

ON THE ABUSE OF HUMAN POWER

STANZAS

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;

PART TWO POEMS OF ROMANTIC FANCY

The HISTORY of the PROPHET JONAH

The PYRAMIDS OF EGYPT

THE POWER of FANCY.

THE PRAYER OF ORPHEUS.

The AMERICAN VILLAGE, &c.

THE DESERTED FARM-HOUSE.

THE CITIZEN'S RESOLVE.

THE DYING ELM.

ON RETIREMENT:

The PICTURES OF COLUMBUS,

Picture I. Columbus making Maps.

Picture II. The Cell of an Inchantress.

Picture III. The Mirror.

Picture IV. Columbus addresses King Ferdinand.

Picture V. Ferdinand and his First Minister.

Picture VI. Columbus addresses Queen Isabella.

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

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

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

10.

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 BEAUTIES OF SANTA CRUZ

THE JEWISH LAMENTATION at Euphrates.

ON AMANDA'S SINGING BIRD:

CAPTAIN J. P. JONES'S INVITATION.

THE SEA VOYAGE

The VANITY OF EXISTENCE.

TO AN OLD MAN

STANZAS

THE ARGONAUT;

SCANDINAVIAN WAR SONG.

THE PROPHECY of King TAMMANY

THE DYING INDIAN:

THE HURRICANE

Written AT PORT ROYAL

THE SEASONS MORALIZED.

On THE VICISSITUDES OF THINGS

TO SYLVIUS:

THE WILD HONEY SUCKLE.

On A BOOK CALLED UNITARIAN THEOLOGY

AMANDA IN A CONSUMPTION.

THE INDIAN BURYING GROUND.

THE INDIAN STUDENT:

MAN OF NINETY.

ALCINA'S ENCHANTED ISLAND.

HORACE, LIB. I. ODE 15.

ON THE SLEEP OF PLANTS.

STANZAS,

The ORATOR OF THE WOODS.

The DRUNKARD'S APOLOGY

To a DECEASED DOG.

JACK STRAW:

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:

To A CATY-DID.

On Passing BY AN OLD CHURCHYARD.

ON A HONEY BEE,

REFLECTIONS on the Constitution, or Frame of Nature.

SCIENCE,

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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The VANITY OF EXISTENCE.

To Thyrsis

IN youth, gay scenes attract our eyes,
And not suspecting their decay
Life's flowery fields before us rise,
Regardless of its winter day.

But vain pursuits, and joys as vain,
Convince us life is but a dream.
Death is to wake, to rise again
To that true life you best esteem.

So nightly on some shallow tide,
Oft have I seen a splendid show;
Reflected stars on either side,
And glittering moons were seen below.

But when the tide had ebbed away,
The scene fantastic with it fled,
A bank of mud around me lay,
And sea-weed on the river's bed.

1781