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Philip Freneau Quotes

But fame is theirs - and future days On pillar'd brass shall tell their praise; Shall tell - when cold neglect is dead - These for their country fought and bled.

But fame is theirs - and future days On pillar'd brass shall tell their praise; Shall tell - when cold neglect is dead - "These for their country fought and bled."

Philip Freneau
Uplifting, Country, Veterans Day
Philip Morin Freneau (1861). “Poems on Various Subjects: But Chiefly Illustrative of the Events and Actors in the American War of Independence”, p.293

If nothing once, you nothing lose, For when you die you are the same; The space between is but an hour, The frail duration of a flower.

Philip Freneau
Flower, Space, Atheism
Philip Morin Freneau (1809). “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”, p.148

Tobacco surely was designed To poison, and destroy mankind.

Philip Freneau
Smoking, Poison, Mankind
Poems, 'Tobacco'

They saw their injured country's woe; The flaming town, the wasted field; Then rushed to meet the insulting foe; They took the spear, - but left the shield.

Philip Freneau
Uplifting, Country, Memorial Day
Philip Freneau (1963). “The Poems of Philip Freneau: Poet of the American Revolution (Complete)”, p.521, Library of Alexandria

Jesus would never use government surrogates to force the people to help others.

Philip Freneau
Jesus, Helping Others, Government

Red serpents, fiery forms, and yelling hags, Fit company for mad adventurers.

Philip Freneau
Halloween, Yelling, Mad
Philip Freneau (1963). “The Poems of Philip Freneau: Poet of the American Revolution (Complete)”, p.214, Library of Alexandria

And long shall timorous fancy see The painted chief, and pointed spear, And Reason's self shall bow the knee To shadows and delusions here.

Philip Freneau
Self, Long, Shadow
Philip Freneau (1963). “The Poems of Philip Freneau: Poet of the American Revolution (Complete)”, p.813, Library of Alexandria

They saw their injured country's woe.

Philip Freneau
Country, Memorial Day, Woe
Philip Freneau (1963). “The Poems of Philip Freneau: Poet of the American Revolution (Complete)”, p.521, Library of Alexandria

At sea let the British their neighbours defy — The French shall have frigates to traverse the sky.

Philip Freneau
Sea, Sky, Aviation
"Poems on Various Subjects: But Chiefly Illustrative of the Events and Actors in the American War of Independence".

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