| VOLUME I | |
| PAGE | |
| [Preface] | [v] |
| [Life of Philip Freneau] | [xiii] |
| [PART I] Early Poems. 1768-1775 | |
| History of the Prophet Jonah | [3] |
| Adventures of Simon Swaugum | [14] |
| The Pyramids of Egypt | [25] |
| The Monument of Phaon | [30] |
| The Power of Fancy | [34] |
| The Prayer of Orpheus | [39] |
| The Deserted Farm-House | [40] |
| The Citizen's Resolve | [42] |
| The Dying Elm | [45] |
| Columbus to Ferdinand | [46] |
| The Rising Glory of America | [49] |
| On Retirement | [84] |
| Discovery | [85] |
| The Pictures of Columbus | [89] |
| Expedition of Timothy Taurus, Astrologer | [123] |
| [PART II] The First Poetic Period. 1775-1781 | |
| A Political Litany | [139] |
| American Liberty, a Poem | [142] |
| General Gage's Soliloquy | [152] |
| The Midnight Consultations, or, A Trip to Boston | [158] |
| The Silent Academy | [182] |
| Lines to a Coasting Captain | [184] |
| To the Americans | [185] |
| The Vernal Ague | [188] |
| General Gage's Confession | [189] |
| The Distrest Shepherdess | [195] |
| Mars and Hymen | [197] |
| MacSwiggen, A Satire | [206] |
| The House of Night | [212] |
| The Jamaica Funeral | [239] |
| The Beauties of Santa Cruz | [249] |
| On a Hessian Debarkation, 1776 | [269] |
| The Jewish Lamentation at Euphrates | [270] |
| America Independent | [271] |
| On Amanda's Singing Bird | [283] |
| On the New American Frigate Alliance | [285] |
| On the Death of Captain Nicholas Biddle | [288] |
| Captain Jones's Invitation | [290] |
| The Sea Voyage | [293] |