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![Written in 1767, 14 years of age. The poems urge deists to embrace Christianity. Must Ethiopians be employ’d for you? Much I rejoice if any good I do. I […]](http://www.phillis-wheatley.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/quill-and-pen-115x115.jpg "“An Address to the Deist”")
“An Address to the Deist”
Posted on June 12, 2013 | No CommentsWritten in 1767, 14 years of age. The poems urge deists to embrace Christianity. Must Ethiopians be employ’d for you? Much I rejoice if any good I do. I […] -
![Written in 1767, 14 years of age. The poems urge atheists to embrace Christianity. Muse! where shall I begin the spacious feild To tell what curses unbeleif doth yeild? […]](http://www.phillis-wheatley.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/quill-and-ink1-115x115.jpg "“An Address to the Atheist”")
“An Address to the Atheist”
Posted on June 12, 2013 | No CommentsWritten in 1767, 14 years of age. The poems urge atheists to embrace Christianity. Muse! where shall I begin the spacious feild To tell what curses unbeleif doth yeild? […] -
![WHILE an intrinsic ardor prompts to write, The muses promise to assist my pen; ‘Twas not long since I left my native shore The land of errors, and Egyptain gloom: […]](http://www.phillis-wheatley.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Poems-on-various-subjects-religious-and-moral1-115x115.jpg "“To the University of Cambridge, in New-England”")
“To the University of Cambridge, in New-England”
Posted on June 7, 2013 | No CommentsWHILE an intrinsic ardor prompts to write, The muses promise to assist my pen; ‘Twas not long since I left my native shore The land of errors, and Egyptain gloom: […] -
“To the Rev. Dr. Thomas Amory on Reading His Sermons on Daily Devotion, in which that Duty is Recommended and Assisted”
Posted on June 7, 2013 | No CommentsTO cultivate in ev’ry noble mind Habitual grace, and sentiments refin’d, Thus while you strive to mend the human heart, Thus while the heav’nly precepts you impart, O may each […] -
“To the King’s Most Excellent Majesty”
Posted on June 7, 2013 | No CommentsWritten in 1768 praising King George III for repealing the Stamp Act. Your subjects hope, dread Sire– The crown upon your brows may flourish long, And that your arm may […] -
“To the Right Hon. William, Earl of Dartmouth, His Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for North-America”
Posted on June 7, 2013 | No CommentsHAIL, happy day, when, smiling like the morn, Fair Freedom rose New–England to adorn: The northern clime beneath her genial ray, Dartmouth, congratulates thy blissful sway: Elate with hope her […] -
“To the Hon. T. H. Esq; on the Death of His Daughter”
Posted on June 7, 2013 | No CommentsWHILE deep you mourn beneath the cypress–shade The hand of Death, and your dear daughter laid In dust, whose absence gives your tears to flow, And racks your bosom with […] -
“To S. M. a Young African Painter, on seeing His Works”
Posted on June 7, 2013 | No CommentsTO show the lab’ring bosom’s deep intent, And thought in living characters to paint, When first thy pencil did those beauties give, And breathing figures learnt from thee to live, […] -
“To Maecenas”
Posted on June 7, 2013 | No CommentsMAECENAS, you, beneath the myrtle shade, Read o’er what poets sung, and shepherds play’d. What felt those poets but you feel the same? Does not your soul possess the sacred […] -
“To His Honour the Lieutenant-Governor, on the Death of His Lady. March 24, 1773”
Posted on June 7, 2013 | No CommentsALL–Conquering Death! by thy resistless pow’r, Hope’s tow’ring plumage falls to rise no more! Of scenes terrestrial how the glories fly, Forget their splendors, and submit to die! Who ere […]
