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