The Poems of Philip Freneau, Poet of the American Revolution. Volume 2 (of 3)

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POEMS OF PHILIP FRENEAU

VOLUME II




  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 ENGLISH LITERATURE" ETC.


  VOLUME II


  PRINCETON, N.J.
  THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY

  1903



  Copyright 1902 by
  The Princeton University Library


  _C S. Robinson & Co. University Press_
  _Princeton N. J._




CONTENTS


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VOLUME II

PART II _Continued_

_The First Poetic Period. 1775-1781_

  GEORGE THE THIRD'S SOLILOQUY                                       3
  SIR HARRY'S INVITATION                                             7
  DIALOGUE BETWEEN HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY AND MR. FOX                 9
  THE BRITISH PRISON SHIP                                           18
  THE SPY                                                           39

PART III

_Era of the Freeman's Journal. 1781-1790_

  ON THE MEMORABLE VICTORY OF PAUL JONES                            75
  AN ADDRESS                                                        81
  A NEW-YORK TORY                                                   84
  TO LORD CORNWALLIS                                                86
  A LONDON DIALOGUE                                                 87
  LORD CORNWALLIS TO SIR HENRY CLINTON                              89
  THE VANITY OF EXISTENCE                                           91
  ON THE FALL OF GENERAL EARL CORNWALLIS                            92
  TO THE MEMORY OF THE BRAVE AMERICANS                             101
  ARNOLD'S DEPARTURE                                               103
  PLATO TO THEON                                                   104
  PROLOGUE TO A THEATRICAL ENTERTAINMENT                           108
  RUINS OF A COUNTRY INN                                           110
  THE ROYAL ADVENTURER                                             112
  LORD DUNMORE'S PETITION                                          114
  EPIGRAM                                                          116
  A SPEECH BY THE KING OF BRITAIN                                  117
  RIVINGTON'S LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT                              120
  LINES OCCASIONED BY MR. RIVINGTON'S NEW TITULAR TYPES            124
  LINES ON MR. RIVINGTON'S NEW ENGRAVED KING'S ARMS                125
  A PROPHECY, WRITTEN 1782                                         126
  THE ARGONAUT OR LOST ADVENTURER                                  128
  THE POLITICAL BALANCE                                            130
  DIALOGUE AT HYDE PARK CORNER                                     140
  ON THE LATE ROYAL SLOOP OF WAR GENERAL MONK                      142
  TRUTH ANTICIPATED                                                143
  BARNEY'S INVITATION                                              147
  SONG ON CAPTAIN BARNEY'S VICTORY                                 149
  ON SIR HENRY CLINTON'S RECALL                                    153
  SIR GUY CARLETON'S ADDRESS                                       156
  SCANDANAVIAN WAR SONG                                            159
  THE PROJECTORS                                                   160
  ON GENERAL ROBERTSON'S PROCLAMATION                              162
  A PICTURE OF THE TIMES                                           165
  PRINCE WILLIAM HENRY'S SOLILOQUY                                 167
  SATAN'S REMONSTRANCE                                             169
  THE REFUGEES' PETITION TO SIR GUY CARLETON                       172
  SIR GUY'S ANSWER                                                 173
  TO A CONCEALED ROYALIST                                          174
  TO THE CONCEALED ROYALIST, IN ANSWER TO A SECOND ATTACK          177
  TO THE CONCEALED ROYALIST ON HIS FAREWELL                        179
  TO THE ROYALIST UNVEILED                                         181
  TO SHYLOCK AP-SHENKIN                                            185
  THE PROPHECY OF KING TAMMANY                                     187
  RIVINGTON'S REFLECTIONS                                          190
  NEW YEAR'S VERSES, JANUARY 1, 1783                               197
  NEW YEAR'S VERSES, JANUARY 8, 1783                               198
  HUGH GAINE'S LIFE                                                201
  STANZAS OCCASIONED BY THE DEPARTURE OF THE BRITISH FROM
          CHARLESTON, DECEMBER 14, 1782                            214
  ON THE BRITISH KING'S SPEECH