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

CONTENTS

VOLUME I
	PAGE
Preface	v
Life of Philip Freneau	xiii
PART I Early Poems. 1768-1775
History of the Prophet Jonah	3
Adventures of Simon Swaugum	14
The Pyramids of Egypt	25
The Monument of Phaon	30
The Power of Fancy	34
The Prayer of Orpheus	39
The Deserted Farm-House	40
The Citizen's Resolve	42
The Dying Elm	45
Columbus to Ferdinand	46
The Rising Glory of America	49
On Retirement	84
Discovery	85
The Pictures of Columbus	89
Expedition of Timothy Taurus, Astrologer	123

PART II The First Poetic Period. 1775-1781
A Political Litany	139
American Liberty, a Poem	142
General Gage's Soliloquy	152
The Midnight Consultations, or, A Trip to Boston	158
The Silent Academy	182
Lines to a Coasting Captain	184
To the Americans	185
The Vernal Ague	188
General Gage's Confession	189
The Distrest Shepherdess	195
Mars and Hymen	197
MacSwiggen, A Satire	206
The House of Night	212
The Jamaica Funeral	239
The Beauties of Santa Cruz	249
On a Hessian Debarkation, 1776	269
The Jewish Lamentation at Euphrates	270
America Independent	271
On Amanda's Singing Bird	283
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