Philip Freneau Quotes
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Jesus would never use government surrogates to force the people to help others.
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They saw their injured country's woe.
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At sea let the British their neighbours defy — The French shall have frigates to traverse the sky.
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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.
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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."
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Red serpents, fiery forms, and yelling hags, Fit company for mad adventurers.
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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.
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Tobacco surely was designed To poison, and destroy mankind.
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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.
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