Note 57 — POEMS OF PHILIP FRENEAU

Text from the edition of 1795. First published in the National Gazette, July 28, 1792, as number three of the Odes. In this, its earliest version, the opening line was "Since the day we attempted the Nation's Gazette." Before the title was the following: "Note well—the following is to be sung or said as occasion may require." Not reprinted in 1809.