PART V

_The Final Period of Wandering. 1798-1809_

ON ARRIVING IN SOUTH CAROLINA 199 ODE TO THE AMERICANS 203 ON THE WAR PATRONS 207 TO THE DEMOCRATIC COUNTRY EDITORS 210 THE SERIOUS MENACE 213 REFLECTIONS ON THE MUTABILITY OF THINGS 215 THE POLITICAL WEATHER-COCK 216 REFLECTIONS 217 COMMERCE 220 ON FALSE SYSTEMS 221 ON THE PROPOSED SYSTEM OF STATE CONSTITUTIONS 225 ON A PROPOSED NEGOTIATION WITH THE FRENCH REPUBLIC 226 STANZAS TO AN ALIEN 228 STANZAS WRITTEN IN BLACKBEARD'S CASTLE 229 LINES WRITTEN AT SEA 231 STANZAS TO THE MEMORY OF GENERAL WASHINGTON 232 STANZAS UPON THE SAME SUBJECT 234 STANZAS OCCASIONED BY CERTAIN ABSURD, EXTRAVAGANT, AND EVEN BLASPHEMOUS PANEGYRICS ON THE LATE GENERAL WASHINGTON 235 TO THE MEMORY OF EDWARD RUTLEDGE, ESQ. 238 ON THE DEPARTURE OF PETER PORCUPINE 240 THE NAUTICAL RENDEZVOUS 242 TO THE MEMORY OF AEDANUS BURKE 243 TO THE REV. SAMUEL S. SMITH, D.D. 244 STANZAS PUBLISHED AT THE PROCESSION TO THE TOMB OF THE PATRIOTS 246 THE TOMB OF THE PATRIOTS 249 ON THE PEAK OF PICO 254 A BACCHANALIAN DIALOGUE 255 STANZAS WRITTEN AT THE ISLAND OF MADEIRA 257 ON THE PEAK OF TENERIFFE 261 ANSWER TO A CARD OF INVITATION TO VISIT A NUNNERY 263 ON SENIORA JULIA 265 LINES ON SENIORA JULIA 266 ON A RURAL NYMPH 268 ON GENERAL MIRANDA'S EXPEDITION 271 ON THE ABUSE OF HUMAN POWER 272 OCTOBER'S ADDRESS 273 TO A CATY-DID 275 ON PASSING BY AN OLD CHURCHYARD 277 STANZAS OCCASIONED BY AN OLD ENGLISH TOBACCO BOX 278 ON THE DEATH OF A MASTER BUILDER 281 ON THE DEATH OF A MASONIC GRAND SACHEM 283 ON A HONEY BEE 285 ON THE FALL OF AN ANCIENT OAK TREE 285 STANZAS ON THE DECEASE OF THOMAS PAINE 286