Philip Morin Freneau
1752 - 1832
Philip Morin Freneau was an American poet, nationalist, polemicist, sea captain and early American newspaper editor sometimes called the "Poet of the American Revolution". Through his Philadelphia-based newspaper, the National Gazette, he was a strong critic of George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and the Federalist Party, and a proponent of Jeffersonian policies.Poems
- LINES ON SENIORA JULIA
- ON A RURAL NYMPH
- ON GENERAL MIRANDA'S EXPEDITION
- ON THE ABUSE OF HUMAN POWER
- OCTOBER'S ADDRESS
- TO A CATY-DID
- ON PASSING BY AN OLD CHURCHYARD
- STANZAS OCCASIONED BY A MELANCHOLY
- ON THE DEATH OF A MASTER BUILDER
- ON THE DEATH OF A MASONIC GRAND SACHEM
- ON A HONEY BEE
- ON THE FALL OF AN ANCIENT OAK TREE