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POEMS OF PHILIP FRENEAU

VOLUME III




  THE

  POEMS OF PHILIP FRENEAU


  POET OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION


  EDITED FOR

  THE PRINCETON HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION


  BY

  FRED LEWIS PATTEE

  OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE, AUTHOR OF
  "A HISTORY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE,"
  "THE FOUNDATIONS OF AMERICAN LITERATURE," ETC.


  VOLUME III


  PRINCETON, N. J.
  THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY

  1907



  Copyright, 1907, by
  THE PRINCETON UNIVERSITY LIBRARY


  PRESS OF
  THE NEW ERA PRINTING COMPANY
  LANCASTER, PA.




CONTENTS

VOLUME III


                                                                  PAGE

PART IV

_The Period of Editorship. 1790-1797_

  NEVERSINK                                                          3
  THE RISING EMPIRE                                                  5
  LOG-TOWN TAVERN                                                   19
  THE WANDERER                                                      22
  ON THE DEMOLITION OF FORT GEORGE                                  24
  CONGRESS HALL, N. Y.                                              26
  EPISTLE TO PETER PINDAR, ESQ.                                     28
  THE NEW ENGLAND SABBATH-DAY CHACE                                 29
  ON THE SLEEP OF PLANTS                                            31
  ON THE DEMOLITION OF AN OLD COLLEGE                               33
  ON THE DEATH OF DR. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN                             36
  EPISTLE FROM DR. FRANKLIN TO HIS POETICAL PANEGYRISTS             36
  CONSTANTIA                                                        38
  STANZAS OCCASIONED BY LORD BELLAMONT'S, LADY HAY'S AND
          OTHER SKELETONS BEING DUG UP                              40
  THE ORATOR OF THE WOODS                                           41
  NANNY                                                             42
  NABBY                                                             44
  THE BERGEN PLANTER                                                45
  TOBACCO                                                           46
  THE BANISHED MAN                                                  47
  THE DEPARTURE                                                     49
  THE AMERICAN SOLDIER                                              51
  OCCASIONED BY A LEGISLATION BILL                                  52
  LINES OCCASIONED BY A LAW PASSED FOR CUTTING DOWN THE TREES       53
  TO THE PUBLIC                                                     56
  LINES BY H. SALEM                                                 57
  MODERN DEVOTION                                                   59
  THE COUNTRY PRINTER                                               60
  SEVENTEEN HUNDRED AND NINETY ONE                                  65
  LINES WRITTEN ON A PUNCHEON OF JAMAICA SPIRITS                    66
  THE PARTING GLASS                                                 68
  A WARNING TO AMERICA                                              70
  THE DISH OF TEA                                                   71
  ON THE FOURTEENTH OF JULY                                         72
  TO CRISPIN O'CONNOR                                               74
  CRISPIN'S ANSWER                                                  75
  TO SHYLOCK AP-SHENKIN                                             76
  TO MY BOOK                                                        78
  STANZAS TO ROBERT SEVIER AND WILLIAM SEVIER                       79
  TO A PERSECUTED PHILOSOPHER                                       80
  TO AN ANGRY ZEALOT                                                81
  THE PYRAMID OF THE FIFTEEN AMERICAN STATES                        82
  ON THE DEMOLITION OF THE FRENCH MONARCHY                          84
  ON THE FRENCH REPUBLICANS                                         88
  ON THE PORTRAITS OF LOUIS AND ANTOINETTE                          89
  TO A REPUBLICAN                                                   90
  ODE TO LIBERTY                                                    92
  ODE                                                               99
  ON THE DEATH OF A REPUBLICAN PRINTER                             101
  ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE STORMING OF THE BASTILLE               102
  THOUGHTS ON THE EUROPEAN WAR SYSTEM                              103
  A MATRIMONIAL DIALOGUE                                           104
  ON THE MEMORABLE NAVAL ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN THE AMBUSCADE
          AND THE BOSTON                                           106
  TO SHYLOCK AP-SHENKIN                                            109
  PESTILENCE                                                       110
  ON DR. SANGRADO'S FLIGHT                                         111
  ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF A BLACKSMITH                               112
  TO SYLVIUS                                                       113
  THE BLESSINGS OF THE POPPY                                       114
  QUINTILIAN TO LYCIDAS                                            115
  THE BAY ISLET                                                    116
  JEFFERY, OR THE SOLDIER'S PROGRESS                               117
  TO SHYLOCK AP-SHENKIN                                            119
  TO A WINTER OF PANEGYRIC                                         119
  THE FOREST BEAU                                                  120
  EPISTLE TO A STUDENT OF DEAD LANGUAGES                           121
  TO A NOISY POLITICIAN                                            122
  THE SEXTON'S SERMON                                              122
  ON A LEGISLATIVE ACT PROHIBITING THE USE OF SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS   126
  ADDRESSED TO A POLITICAL SHRIMP                                  127
  HERMIT'S VALLEY                                                  128
  TO MY BOOK                                                       129
  THE REPUBLICAN GENIUS OF EUROPE                                  129
  THE RIVAL SUITORS FOR AMERICA                                    130
  MR. JAY'S TREATY                                                 132
  PARODY                                                           133
  ON THE INVASION OF ROME IN 1796                                  135
  ON THE DEATH OF CATHARINE II.                                    136
  PREFATORY LINES TO A PERIODICAL PUBLICATION                      137
  ON THE WAR PROJECTED WITH THE REPUBLIC OF FRANCE                 139
  TO MYRTALIS                                                      141
  TO MR. BLANCHARD                                                 142
  ON HEARING A POLITICAL ORATION                                   144
  MEGARA AND ALTAVOLA                                              146
  THE REPUBLICAN FESTIVAL                                          151
  ODE FOR JULY THE FOURTH, 1799 [1797]                             152
  ADDRESS TO THE REPUBLICANS OF AMERICA                            154
  TO PETER PORCUPINE                                               156
  ON THE ATTEMPTED LAUNCH OF A FRIGATE                             157
  ON THE LAUNCHING OF THE FRIGATE CONSTITUTION                     158
  ON THE FREE USE OF THE LANCET                                    159
  THE BOOK OF ODES
    ODE I.                                                         161
    ODE II. TO THE FRIGATE CONSTITUTION                            162
    ODE III. TO DUNCAN DOOLITTLE                                   164
    ODE IV. TO PEST-ELI-HALI                                       166
    ODE V. TO PETER PORCUPINE                                      167
    ODE VI. ADDRESS TO A LEARNED PIG                               169
    ODE VII. ON THE FEDERAL CITY                                   171
    ODE VIII. ON THE CITY ENCROACHMENTS ON THE RIVER HUDSON        173
    ODE IX. ON THE FRIGATE CONSTITUTION                            174
    ODE X. TO SANTONE SAMUEL                                       176
    ODE XI. TO THE PHILADELPHIA DOCTORS                            178
    ODE XII. THE CROWS AND THE CARRION                             179
    ODE XIII. ON DEBORAH GANNET                                    182
  ON THE FEDERAL CITY                                              184
  THE ROYAL COCKNEYS IN AMERICA                                    185
  TO THE SCRIBE OF SCRIBES                                         185
  TO THE AMERICANS OF THE UNITED STATES                            187
  TO A NIGHT-FLY                                                   189
  THE INDIAN CONVERT                                               189
  THE PETTIFOGGER                                                  189
  ON A CELEBRATED PERFORMER ON THE VIOLIN                          193
  NEW YEAR'S VERSES, 1798                                          194

PART V

_The Final Period of Wandering. 1798-1809_

  ON ARRIVING IN SOUTH CAROLINA                                    199
  ODE TO THE AMERICANS                                             203
  ON THE WAR PATRONS                                               207
  TO THE DEMOCRATIC COUNTRY EDITORS                                210
  THE SERIOUS MENACE                                               213
  REFLECTIONS ON THE MUTABILITY OF THINGS                          215
  THE POLITICAL WEATHER-COCK                                       216
  REFLECTIONS                                                      217
  COMMERCE                                                         220
  ON FALSE SYSTEMS                                                 221
  ON THE PROPOSED SYSTEM OF STATE CONSTITUTIONS                    225
  ON A PROPOSED NEGOTIATION WITH THE FRENCH REPUBLIC               226
  STANZAS TO AN ALIEN                                              228
  STANZAS WRITTEN IN BLACKBEARD'S CASTLE                           229
  LINES WRITTEN AT SEA                                             231
  STANZAS TO THE MEMORY OF GENERAL WASHINGTON                      232
  STANZAS UPON THE SAME SUBJECT                                    234
  STANZAS OCCASIONED BY CERTAIN ABSURD, EXTRAVAGANT, AND EVEN
          BLASPHEMOUS PANEGYRICS ON THE LATE GENERAL WASHINGTON    235
  TO THE MEMORY OF EDWARD RUTLEDGE, ESQ.                           238
  ON THE DEPARTURE OF PETER PORCUPINE                              240
  THE NAUTICAL RENDEZVOUS                                          242
  TO THE MEMORY OF AEDANUS BURKE                                   243
  TO THE REV. SAMUEL S. SMITH, D.D.                                244
  STANZAS PUBLISHED AT THE PROCESSION TO THE TOMB OF THE PATRIOTS  246
  THE TOMB OF THE PATRIOTS                                         249
  ON THE PEAK OF PICO                                              254
  A BACCHANALIAN DIALOGUE                                          255
  STANZAS WRITTEN AT THE ISLAND OF MADEIRA                         257
  ON THE PEAK OF TENERIFFE                                         261
  ANSWER TO A CARD OF INVITATION TO VISIT A NUNNERY                263
  ON SENIORA JULIA                                                 265
  LINES ON SENIORA JULIA                                           266
  ON A RURAL NYMPH                                                 268
  ON GENERAL MIRANDA'S EXPEDITION                                  271
  ON THE ABUSE OF HUMAN POWER                                      272
  OCTOBER'S ADDRESS                                                273
  TO A CATY-DID                                                    275
  ON PASSING BY AN OLD CHURCHYARD                                  277
  STANZAS OCCASIONED BY AN OLD ENGLISH TOBACCO BOX                 278
  ON THE DEATH OF A MASTER BUILDER                                 281
  ON THE DEATH OF A MASONIC GRAND SACHEM                           283
  ON A HONEY BEE                                                   285
  ON THE FALL OF AN ANCIENT OAK TREE                               285
  STANZAS ON THE DECEASE OF THOMAS PAINE                           286

PART VI.

_The War of 1812. 1809-1815._

  ON THE