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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                                        