Produced by David Starner 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 III 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 AMERICAN LITERATURE," ETC. VOLUME III PRINCETON, N. J. THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY 1907 Copyright, 1907, by THE PRINCETON UNIVERSITY LIBRARY PRESS OF THE NEW ERA PRINTING COMPANY LANCASTER, PA. CONTENTS VOLUME III PAGE PART IV _The Period of Editorship. 1790-1797_ NEVERSINK 3 THE RISING EMPIRE 5 LOG-TOWN TAVERN 19 THE WANDERER 22 ON THE DEMOLITION OF FORT GEORGE 24 CONGRESS HALL, N. Y. 26 EPISTLE TO PETER PINDAR, ESQ. 28 THE NEW ENGLAND SABBATH-DAY CHACE 29 ON THE SLEEP OF PLANTS 31 ON THE DEMOLITION OF AN OLD COLLEGE 33 ON THE DEATH OF DR. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN 36 EPISTLE FROM DR. FRANKLIN TO HIS POETICAL PANEGYRISTS 36 CONSTANTIA 38 STANZAS OCCASIONED BY LORD BELLAMONT'S, LADY HAY'S AND OTHER SKELETONS BEING DUG UP 40 THE ORATOR OF THE WOODS 41 NANNY 42 NABBY 44 THE BERGEN PLANTER 45 TOBACCO 46 THE BANISHED MAN 47 THE DEPARTURE 49 THE AMERICAN SOLDIER 51 OCCASIONED BY A LEGISLATION BILL 52 LINES OCCASIONED BY A LAW PASSED FOR CUTTING DOWN THE TREES 53 TO THE PUBLIC 56 LINES BY H. SALEM 57 MODERN DEVOTION 59 THE COUNTRY PRINTER 60 SEVENTEEN HUNDRED AND NINETY ONE 65