PART IV

_The Period of Editorship. 1790-1797_

NEVERSINK 3 THE RISING EMPIRE 5 LOG-TOWN TAVERN 19 THE WANDERER 22 ON THE DEMOLITION OF FORT GEORGE 24 CONGRESS HALL, N. Y. 26 EPISTLE TO PETER PINDAR, ESQ. 28 THE NEW ENGLAND SABBATH-DAY CHACE 29 ON THE SLEEP OF PLANTS 31 ON THE DEMOLITION OF AN OLD COLLEGE 33 ON THE DEATH OF DR. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN 36 EPISTLE FROM DR. FRANKLIN TO HIS POETICAL PANEGYRISTS 36 CONSTANTIA 38 STANZAS OCCASIONED BY LORD BELLAMONT'S, LADY HAY'S AND OTHER SKELETONS BEING DUG UP 40 THE ORATOR OF THE WOODS 41 NANNY 42 NABBY 44 THE BERGEN PLANTER 45 TOBACCO 46 THE BANISHED MAN 47 THE DEPARTURE 49 THE AMERICAN SOLDIER 51 OCCASIONED BY A LEGISLATION BILL 52 LINES OCCASIONED BY A LAW PASSED FOR CUTTING DOWN THE TREES 53 TO THE PUBLIC 56 LINES BY H. SALEM 57 MODERN DEVOTION 59 THE COUNTRY PRINTER 60 SEVENTEEN HUNDRED AND NINETY ONE 65 LINES WRITTEN ON A PUNCHEON OF JAMAICA SPIRITS 66 THE PARTING GLASS 68 A WARNING TO AMERICA 70 THE DISH OF TEA 71 ON THE FOURTEENTH OF JULY 72 TO CRISPIN O'CONNOR 74 CRISPIN'S ANSWER 75 TO SHYLOCK AP-SHENKIN 76 TO MY BOOK 78 STANZAS TO ROBERT SEVIER AND WILLIAM SEVIER 79 TO A PERSECUTED PHILOSOPHER 80 TO AN ANGRY ZEALOT 81 THE PYRAMID OF THE FIFTEEN AMERICAN STATES 82 ON THE DEMOLITION OF THE FRENCH MONARCHY 84 ON THE FRENCH REPUBLICANS 88 ON THE PORTRAITS OF LOUIS AND ANTOINETTE 89 TO A REPUBLICAN 90 ODE TO LIBERTY 92 ODE 99 ON THE DEATH OF A REPUBLICAN PRINTER 101 ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE STORMING OF THE BASTILLE 102 THOUGHTS ON THE EUROPEAN WAR SYSTEM 103 A MATRIMONIAL DIALOGUE 104 ON THE MEMORABLE NAVAL ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN THE AMBUSCADE AND THE BOSTON 106 TO SHYLOCK AP-SHENKIN 109 PESTILENCE 110 ON DR. SANGRADO'S FLIGHT 111 ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF A BLACKSMITH 112 TO SYLVIUS 113 THE BLESSINGS OF THE POPPY 114 QUINTILIAN TO LYCIDAS 115 THE BAY ISLET 116 JEFFERY, OR THE SOLDIER'S PROGRESS 117 TO SHYLOCK AP-SHENKIN 119 TO A WINTER OF PANEGYRIC 119 THE FOREST BEAU 120 EPISTLE TO A STUDENT OF DEAD LANGUAGES 121 TO A NOISY POLITICIAN 122 THE SEXTON'S SERMON 122 ON A LEGISLATIVE ACT PROHIBITING THE USE OF SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS 126 ADDRESSED TO A POLITICAL SHRIMP 127 HERMIT'S VALLEY 128 TO MY BOOK 129 THE REPUBLICAN GENIUS OF EUROPE 129 THE RIVAL SUITORS FOR AMERICA 130 MR. JAY'S TREATY 132 PARODY 133 ON THE INVASION OF ROME IN 1796 135 ON THE DEATH OF CATHARINE II. 136 PREFATORY LINES TO A PERIODICAL PUBLICATION 137 ON THE WAR PROJECTED WITH THE REPUBLIC OF FRANCE 139 TO MYRTALIS 141 TO MR. BLANCHARD 142 ON HEARING A POLITICAL ORATION 144 MEGARA AND ALTAVOLA 146 THE REPUBLICAN FESTIVAL 151 ODE FOR JULY THE FOURTH, 1799 [1797] 152 ADDRESS TO THE REPUBLICANS OF AMERICA 154 TO PETER PORCUPINE 156 ON THE ATTEMPTED LAUNCH OF A FRIGATE 157 ON THE LAUNCHING OF THE FRIGATE CONSTITUTION 158 ON THE FREE USE OF THE LANCET 159 THE BOOK OF ODES ODE I. 161 ODE II. TO THE FRIGATE CONSTITUTION 162 ODE III. TO DUNCAN DOOLITTLE 164 ODE IV. TO PEST-ELI-HALI 166 ODE V. TO PETER PORCUPINE 167 ODE VI. ADDRESS TO A LEARNED PIG 169 ODE VII. ON THE FEDERAL CITY 171 ODE VIII. ON THE CITY ENCROACHMENTS ON THE RIVER HUDSON 173 ODE IX. ON THE FRIGATE CONSTITUTION 174 ODE X. TO SANTONE SAMUEL 176 ODE XI. TO THE PHILADELPHIA DOCTORS 178 ODE XII. THE CROWS AND THE CARRION 179 ODE XIII. ON DEBORAH GANNET 182 ON THE FEDERAL CITY 184 THE ROYAL COCKNEYS IN AMERICA 185 TO THE SCRIBE OF SCRIBES 185 TO THE AMERICANS OF THE UNITED STATES 187 TO A NIGHT-FLY 189 THE INDIAN CONVERT 189 THE PETTIFOGGER 189 ON A CELEBRATED PERFORMER ON THE VIOLIN 193 NEW YEAR'S VERSES, 1798 194