The Poems of Philip Freneau, Poet of the American Revolution. Volume 1 (of 3)Freneau, Philip Morin
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The Poems of Philip Freneau, Poet of the American Revolution. Volume 1 (of 3)
Freneau, Philip Morin
American poetry
Line 10, "eternal light"; 11, "a deeper scene"; 21, "the mind cannot
recall"; 23, "where Chesapeque's deep rivers upward flow"; 25, "Though
then the woods, in fairest vernal bloom"; 28, "childless tree"; 29, "a
friendly star"; 35, "Hoarse roaring wolves, and nightly roving bears";
37, "Fierce from the loudly sounding Chesapeque"; 45, 46, "When to my
view a pile of buildings stood, And near, a garden of autumnal hue"; 55,
"The yew, the willow"; 69, "Peace to those buildings; when at once I
heard"; 70, "in a remoter dome"; 77, "a superior chamber"; 78, "Confused
murmurs, scarce distinguish'd sounds"; 81, "Long were their feuds, for
they design'd to talk"; 95, "And from a bed behind a curtain veil"; 97,
"Turning to view from whence the murmur came"; 99, "Death, dreary death,
upon the gloomy couch"; 100, "in rueful form"; 101, "High o'er his
head"; 109, 110, "Sad was his aspect, if we so can call, That aspect
where but skin and bones were seen"; 111, "deep and low"; 121, 122,
"Then at my hand I saw a comely youth, Of port majestic, who began to
tell"; 126, "The monarch"; 127, "melancholy reign"; 185, "the man"; 186,
"with frightful tone"; 188, "To answer, and"; 192, "their sickly
stores"; 194, "the placid main"; 195, "fine groves"; 196, "Beckoning his
footsteps"; 198, "The summer winds, and of the church-yard hoar"; 202,
"Of fevers and contagions"; 206, "Arise, make search"; 229, 230, "But
now refresh'd, the phantoms rais'd his head, And writhing, seem'd to aim
once more to talk"; 232, "expiring death"; 234, "the monstrous spectre";
257, "Now to the anxious youth his speech he turn'd"; 274, "inspired
page"; 275, "harden'd breast"; 285, "Wicked old man"; 295, 296, "nor
dost thou now deserve To have 'here lies' engrav'd"; 299, 300, "Might
dwell unmov'd amidst November's glooms, And laugh the dullest of his
shades away"; 309, "thy savage rage"; 310, "a bloody army"; 315, "The
Caledonian with the Albion join'd." Here in the 1779 version occur the
following stanzas:
"Why runs thy stream dejected to the main,
O Hudson, Hudson, dreary, dull and slow?
Seek me no more along that mountain stream,
For on his banks is heard the sound of woe.
Sword, famine, thirst, and pining sickness there,
Shall people half the realms this monster owns;
He like the cruel foe, accursed he,
Laughs at our pains, rejoices in our groans.
Now wilt you tremble if you hear your fate,
Out of the dread Apocalypse your doom,
That death and hell must perish in the lake
Of fire, dispelling half hell's ancient gloom."
341, "black optics"; 348, "And leave the business to some deputy"; 373,
"Now thus the drooping victim gave me charge"; 381, "A quivering light";
383, "by whose far glimmering beams"; 384, "arrayed with ghosts"; 388,
"furies snatch the engraving pen"; 390-392,
"Tir'd of his long continued victory:
What glory can there be to vanquish those
Who all beneath his stroke are sure to die?"
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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