Poems by Philip Morin Freneau

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In English

Columbus to Ferdinand
Illustrious monarch of Iberia’s soil,
Too long I wait permission to depart;
Sick of delays, I beg thy listening ear— … Continue Reading …

The Dying Indian
“On yonder lake I spread the sail no more!
Vigour, and youth, and active days are past;
Relentless demons urge me to that shore … Continue Reading …

Human Frailty
Disasters on disasters grow,
And those which are not sent we make;
The good we rarely find below, … Continue Reading …

The Indian Burying-Ground
In spite of all the learned have said,
I still my old opinion keep;
The posture that we give the dead, … Continue Reading …

Literary Importation
However we wrangled with Britain awhile
We think of her now in a different stile,
And many fine things we receive from her isle; … Continue Reading …

Stanzas Occasioned by Lord Bellamont’s, Lady Hay’s, and Other Skeletons Being Dug up in Fort George (N. Y.), 1790
To sleep in peace when life is fled,
Where shall our mouldering bones be laid;
What care can shun (I ask with tears) … Continue Reading …

To a Caty-Did
In a branch of willow hid
Sings the evening Caty-did:
From the lofty locust bough … Continue Reading …

The Wild Honeysuckle
“Fair flower that does so comely grow,
Hid in this silent, dull retreat,
Untouched thy honeyed blossoms blow, … Continue Reading …

Bilingual

American Literature – Children Books – American Poetry – Philip Morin Freneau – Poems by Philip Morin Freneau