Philip Freneau Quotes & Sayings
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Famous Quotes By Philip Freneau
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
Jesus would never use government surrogates to force the people to help others. — Philip Freneau
To the Memory of the Americans who fell at Eutaw, — Philip Freneau
Red serpents, fiery forms, and yelling hags, Fit company for mad adventurers. — Philip Freneau
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
Tobacco surely was designed
To poison, and destroy mankind. — Philip Freneau
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
At sea let the British their neighbors defy-The French shall have frigates to traverse the sky. — Philip Freneau
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