Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral
"An Answer to the Rebus, by the Author of these Poems."
by Phillis Wheatley
THE poet asks, and Phillis can't refuse
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Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral
"On Being Brought From Africa."
by Phillis Wheatley
'TWAS mercy brought me from my Pagan land,
Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral
"To Captain H. D. of the 65th Regiment."
by Phillis Wheatley
SAY, muse divine, can hostile scenes delight
Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral
"A Rebus by I. B.
by Phillis Wheatley
A BIRD delicious to the taste,
Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral
"To the King's Most Excellent Majesty. 1768."
by Phillis Wheatley
YOUR subjects hope, dread Sire––
Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral
"Ode to Neptune."
by Phillis Wheatley
On Mrs. W–––––'s Voyage to England.
Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral
"An Hymn to the Evening."
by Phillis Wheatley
SOON as the sun forsook the eastern main
Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral
"An Hymn to the Morning."
by Phillis Wheatley
ATTEND my lays, ye ever honour'd nine,
Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral
"On Virtue."
by Phillis Wheatley
O Thou bright jewel in my aim I strive
Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral
"On the Death of a Young Gentleman."
by Phillis Wheatley
WHO taught thee conflict with the pow'rs of night,
Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral
"To the Rev. Dr. Thomas Amory on Reading His Sermons on Daily Devotion, in which that Duty is Recommended and Assisted."
by Phillis Wheatley
TO cultivate in ev'ry noble mind
Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral
"An Hymn to Humanity. To S. P. G. Esq."
by Phillis Wheatley
LO! for this dark terrestrial ball
Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral
"To the University of Cambridge, in New England."
by Phillis Wheatley
WHILE an intrinsic ardor prompts to write,
Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral
"On the Death of Dr. Samuel Marshall. 1771."
by Phillis Wheatley
THROUGH thickest glooms look back, immortal shade,
Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral
"On Isaiah lxiii. 1-8."
by Phillis Wheatley
SAY, heav'nly muse, what king or mighty God,
Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral
"To a Lady and Her Children, on the Death of Her Son and their Brother."
by Phillis Wheatley
O'ERWHELMING sorrow now demands my song:
Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral
"To a Lady on Her Remarkable Preservation in a Hurricane in North Carolina."
by Phillis Wheatley
THOUGH thou did'st hear the tempest from afar,
Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral
"To a Lady on the Death of Three Relations."
by Phillis Wheatley
WE trace the pow'r of Death from tomb to tomb,
Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral
"To a Gentleman on His Voyage to Great-Britain, for the Recovery of His Health."
by Phillis Wheatley
WHILE others chant of gay Elysian scenes,
Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral
"To a Gentleman and Lady on the Death of the Lady's Brother and sister, and a Child of the Name of Avis, aged one Year."
by Phillis Wheatley
ON Death's domain intent I fix my eyes,
Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral
"To a Lady on the Death of Her Husband."
by Phillis Wheatley
GRIM monarch! see, depriv'd of vital breath,
Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral
"To S. M. a Young African Painter, on seeing His Works."
by Phillis Wheatley
TO show the lab'ring bosom's deep intent,
Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral
"To a Lady on Her Coming to North America with Her Son, for the Recovery of Her Health."
by Phillis Wheatley
INDULGENT muse! my grov'ling mind inspire,
Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral
"On the Death of a Young Lady of Five Years of Age."
by Phillis Wheatley
FROM dark abodes to fair etherial light
Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral
"A Farewell to America. To Mrs. S. W."
by Phillis Wheatley
ADIEU, New–England's smiling meads,