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Death's Epitaph
Epitaph
Eutaw Springs
On a Travelling Speculator
On the Ruins of a Country Inn
Plato to Theon
Song of Thyrsis
The Indian Burying-Ground
The Parting Glass
The Scurrilous Scribe
The Wild Honeysuckle
To a Caty-Did
To a Honey Bee
Whether we prefer to think of him as the "Poet of the Revolution" or "The Father of American Poetry," Philip Freneau is definitely worth reading and studying.
Epitaph
Eutaw Springs
On a Travelling Speculator
On the Ruins of a Country Inn
Plato to Theon
Song of Thyrsis
The Indian Burying-Ground
The Parting Glass
The Scurrilous Scribe
The Wild Honeysuckle
To a Caty-Did
To a Honey Bee
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Resources:
Bradley, Beatty, Long, eds. The American Tradition in Literature. Vol 1. New York: Norton, 1962.
Stedman, Edmund Clarence, ed. An American Anthology, 1787-1900. Online at http://www.bartleby.com/248/.
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