Philip Morin Freneau

thumb|Philip Morin Freneau Philip Morin Freneau (January 2, 1752 – December 18, 1832) was a notable American poet, nationalist, polemicist, sea captain and newspaper editor. Quotes The hunter and the deer a shade. The Indian Burying-Ground. This line was appropriated by Thomas Campbell in O'Connor's Child. Then rushed to meet the insulting foe;They took the spear, but left the shield. To the Memory of the Americans who fell at Eutaw. Compare: "When Prussia hurried to the field, And snatched the spear, but left the shield", Sir Walter Scott, Marmion, Introduction to canto iii. External links Category:Poets from the United States Category:Editors from the United States Category:People from New York City Category:1752 births Category:1832 deaths