Philip Freneau (1752-1832) was an American poet, widely known as the "Poet of the American Revolution." Born in New Jersey, he received classical education at Princeton University. Freneau composed passionate patriotic poems that inspired colonial resistance during the Revolutionary War. He also worked as a teacher, sea captain, and newspaper publisher. His works, celebrating liberty and criticizing British tyranny, became influential in shaping American national identity.
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Source: The Poems of Philip Freneau: Poet of the American Revolution (Complete)
“Jesus would never use government surrogates to force the people to help others.”
“They saw their injured country's woe.”
Source: The Poems of Philip Freneau: Poet of the American Revolution (Complete)
Source: Poems on Various Subjects: But Chiefly Illustrative of the Events and Actors in the American War of Independence
Source: The Poems of Philip Freneau: Poet of the American Revolution (Complete)
“Tobacco surely was designed To poison, and destroy mankind.”
“Red serpents, fiery forms, and yelling hags, Fit company for mad adventurers.”
Source: The Poems of Philip Freneau: Poet of the American Revolution (Complete)
“At sea let the British their neighbours defy — The French shall have frigates to traverse the sky.”
Source: 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