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

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This collection assembles lyric and satirical poems from the poet's editorship period, combining nature verse, political lampoon, and occasional parody. Pieces range from vivid coastal and rural descriptions and seafaring reminiscences to odes, epistles, and elegies that meditate on liberty, revolution, and public life. Many poems pair pastoral imagery with sharp social critique, targeting institutions and personal foibles while celebrating natural beauty. The tone shifts between reflective observation and ironic engagement, presenting a varied portrait of landscape, politics, and the author's public voice.

The third collected edition of Freneau. See Vol. I, pp. lxvi-lxviii, supra. Copies: AAS, BA, BM, BPL, BU, C, HC, HSP, LCP, MHS, NL, NYHS, NYSL, PU, SPL, GSMT, NkPL.

1797

Means | for the | Preservation | of | Public Liberty. | An | Oration | delivered in the New Dutch Church, | on the | Fourth of July, 1797.| Being the twenty-first | Anniversary of our Independence.| By G. J. Warner.| [Ten lines from Freneau's poem To a Republican with Mr. Paine's Rights of Man.]|

New York: | Printed at the Argus Office,| for | Thomas Greenleaf and Naphtali Judah.| 1797.| 8vo; pp. [7]-22.

On pp. 20-21 Ode | (Composed for the Occasion, by P. Freneau.) The Musick performed | by the Uranian Musical Society.| See Vol. III, p. 152, supra. Copy: NL.

1797

Megara and Altavola. To a female satirist (an English actress) on receiving from her no. 1 of a very satirical and biting attack.

Six copies only were printed, of which none is at present known to exist. See the 1809 edition, Vol. II, p. 30; and Vol. III, p. 146, supra.

1798

New Year's Verses.

Issued as a broadside for the Time Piece and dated "January 1, 1798." The only copy that is known at present is bound with the file Time Piece in the library of the New York Historical Society. See Vol. III, p. 194, supra.

1809

Poems | written and published during the | American Revolutionary War,| and now | republished from the original Manuscripts;| interspersed | with Translations from the Ancients,| and other Pieces not heretofore in | Print.| By Philip Freneau.| [Four lines of poetry.]| The Third Edition, in two Volumes.| Vol. I. [II.]|

Philadelphia: From the Press of Lydia R. Bailey, No. 10.| North-Alley.| 1809.| 2 vols.; 12mo; Vol. I, pp. 280, iv; Vol. II, pp. 302, XII.

This is generally known as the fourth collected edition. See Vol. I, p. lxxxiv-lxxxvi, supra. Copies: BM, BPL, BU, C, HSP, LCP, NL, NYHS, NYSL, PU, NJSL.

1809

A Laughable Poem;| or | Robert Slender's | Journey | from | Philadelphia to New York, | by | Way of Burlington and South Amboy.| By Philip Freneau, |Author of Poems written during the American Revo-|lutionary War, and lately published in this City | by Lydia R. Bailey, in two Volumes, Duodecimo.| Persons of the Poem.| [Nine lines for nine characters.]|

Philadelphia: | Printed for Thomas Neversink.| December 20, 1809.| 12mo; pp. [3]-24.

A reprint with few variations of the 1787 edition. See Vol. II, p. 338, supra. Copies: BU, HSP, LCP.

1815

A | Collection of | Poems,| on | American Affairs, and a variety of other Subjects,| chiefly moral and political;| written between the Year 1797 and the pre-|sent Time.| By Philip Freneau,| Author of Poems written during the Revolutionary | War, Miscellanies, &c. &c.| In two Volumes.| [Four lines from Freneau's poem On the British Commercial Depredations.]| Vol. I. [II.]|

New York: Published by David Longworth,| At the Dramatic Repository,| Shakespeare-Gallery.| 1815.| 2 vols.; small 12mo; Vol. I, pp. viii, [13]-188; Vol. II, pp. 176.

See Vol. I, pp. xc-xci, supra. Copies: BA, BM, BPL, BU, C, LCP, NL, NYHS, NYSL, PU, GSMT, NkPL.

1861

Poems on various Subjects, | but chiefly illustrative of the | Events and Actors in the American | War of Independence.| By Philip Freneau. | Reprinted from the rare edition printed at | Philadelphia in 1786.| With a Preface.

London:| John Russell Smith,| Soho Square.| 1861.|

Small 8vo; pp. xxii, [1]-362. Printed at the Chiswick Press.

Copies: BPL, BU, C, HSP, NL, NYHS, NYSL, PU, NkPL.

1865

Poems | relating to the | American Revolution | By Philip Freneau.| With an introductory memoir and notes.| By | Evert A. Duyckinck.|

New York:| W. J. Widdleton, Publisher.| M.DCCC. LXV. 12mo; pp. xxxviii, [1]-288. por. and facsim.

Copies: AAS, BM, BPL, C, HSP, LCP, NA, NL, NYHS, NYSL, PU, SPL, NkPL. One hundred copies also on large paper, royal 8vo.

1891

Poems | relating to the | American Revolution | by | Philip Freneau | With an introductory memoir and notes | By | Evert A. Duyckinck | New York | Thomas Y. Crowell Co. | 46 East Fourteenth Street. | 12mo. pp. xxxviii, 288.

This is a reissue of the 1865 edition printed with red line borders for Crowell's "Red Line Series of the Poets." Cover title misprinted "Frenau's Poems," Also issued without red line border.

1902

The | Poems of Philip Freneau | Poet of the American Revolution | Edited for | the Princeton Historical Association | By | Fred Lewis Pattee | Princeton N.J. | the University Library | 1902 |.

8º; 3 vols. pp. CXII, 294; X, 407; XIV, 430 (Vol. II, 1903, Vol. III, 1907).

1906

The American Village | A Poem by | Philip Freneau | Reprinted in facsimile from the original| edition published at New York | in 1772, with an introduction | by | Harry Lyman Roopman | and | Bibliographical Data | by | Victor Hugo Paltsits | [Device] | Providence, Rhode Island | 1906. Square 8vo. pp. XXI, [1]-69.

Edition of 100 copies. The third publication of the Club for Colonial Reprints, of Providence, R. I. See Vol. III, Appendix A, supra.


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