The Poems of Philip Freneau (Volume I)

About this eBook

Author

Freneau, Philip Morin, 1752-1832

Title

The Poems of Philip Freneau, Poet of the American Revolution. Volume 1 (of 3)

Credits

Produced by David Starner, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.)

Language

English

LoC Class

PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Subject

American poetry

Category

Text

eBook-No.

38475

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/38475

Release Date

January 2, 2012

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE POEMS OF PHILIP FRENEAU
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.LIFE OF PHILIP FRENEAU — I. — II. — III. — IV. — V. — VI. — VII. — VIII.
5. 5.THE POEMS OF PHILIP FRENEAU — THE HISTORY OF THE PROPHET JONAH [29] — Canto I. — Canto II. — Canto III. — Canto IV. — THE ADVENTURES OF SIMON SWAUGUM, A VILLAGE MERCHANT [30] — Preliminary Particulars — The Shop Described and the Merchant's Outset — His Journey to the Metropolis; and Mercantile Transactions — The Merchant's Return — The Catastrophe, or the Broken Merchant — The Puncheon's Eulogy — Epilogue [31] — THE PYRAMIDS OF EGYPT [32] — THE MONUMENT OF PHAON [33] — THE POWER OF FANCY [35] — THE PRAYER OF ORPHEUS — THE DESERTED FARM-HOUSE [36] — THE CITIZEN'S RESOLVE [37] — THE DYING ELM [42] — COLUMBUS TO FERDINAND [43] — THE RISING GLORY OF AMERICA [45] — Argument — A POEM ON THE RISING GLORY OF AMERICA — Argument — ON RETIREMENT [46] — DISCOVERY [47] — THE PICTURES OF COLUMBUS, THE GENOESE [48] — Picture I. — Picture II. [51] — Picture III. — Picture IV. — Picture V. — Picture VI. — Picture VII. — Picture VIII. — Picture IX. — Picture X. — Picture XI. — Picture XII. — Picture XIII. — Picture XIV. — Picture XV. — Picture XVI. — Picture XVII. — Picture XVIII. — THE EXPEDITION OF TIMOTHY TAURUS, ASTROLOGER — To the Falls of Passaick River, in New Jersey [59] — Characters of the Poem
6. 6.THE FIRST POETIC PERIOD — A POLITICAL LITANY [61] — AMERICAN LIBERTY, A POEM [69] — Argument — GENERAL GAGE'S SOLILOQUY [71] — THE MIDNIGHT CONSULTATIONS; [86] — OR, A TRIP TO BOSTON — Epilogue — A VOYAGE TO BOSTON, A POEM — Argument — THE SILENT ACADEMY [98] — LINES TO A COASTING CAPTAIN [99] — TO THE AMERICANS [101] — On the Rumoured Approach of the Hessian Forces, Waldeckers, &c. (Published 1775) — THE VERNAL AGUE — GENERAL GAGE'S CONFESSION [116] — THE DISTREST SHEPHERDESS [121] — MARS AND HYMEN [122] — MAC SWIGGEN [145] — A Satire — THE HOUSE OF NIGHT [157] — THE JAMAICA FUNERAL [158] — 1776 — The Sermon — THE BEAUTIES OF SANTA CRUZ [A] [159] — 1776 — ON A HESSIAN DEBARKATION [160] — 1776 — THE JEWISH LAMENTATION AT EUPHRATES [161] — AMERICA INDEPENDENT — ON AMANDA'S SINGING BIRD [166] — ON THE NEW AMERICAN FRIGATE ALLIANCE [170] — ON THE DEATH OF CAPTAIN NICHOLAS BIDDLE [171] — CAPTAIN JONES'S INVITATION [174] — THE SEA VOYAGE [176] — End of Vol. I

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