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Born in May 8, 1753 / Died in December 5, 1784 / Senegal / English

Poems by Phillis Wheatley

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To The Honble Commodore Hood on His Pardoning a Deserter

... From whence from whence, [sic] this candid ardor flow'd ...

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Niobe In Distress For Her Children Slain By Apollo, From Ovid's Metamorphoses, Book VI. And Fro

...  "Cease thy complaints, mine be the task assign'd ...

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On Being Brought from Africa to America

... " Remember, Christians, Negro's, black as Cain, ...

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To the King's Most Excellent Majesty, 1768

... Live with heav'ns choicest constant blessings crown'd! ...

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To a Clergyman on the Death of His Lady

... "  She spoke, and turn'd from mortal scenes her eyes, ...

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A Funeral Poem On The Death Of C. E. An Infant Of Twelve Months

... "  To yon bright regions let your faith ascend, ...

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Atheism --

... If there's no God from whom did all things Spring ...

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On the Death of a Young Gentleman

... War with each princedom, throne, and pow'r is o'er, ...

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A Farewell To America to Mrs. S. W.

...   VII. While for Britannia's distant shore ...

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To a Lady on Her Coming to North-America

...  From thence I turn, and leave the sultry plain, ...

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On Imagination

...   How bright their forms! how deck'd with pomp by thee! ...

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On Virtue

... O Thou, enthroned with Cherubs in the realms of day! ...

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To a Gentleman and Lady on the Death of the Lady's Brother and Sister, and a Child of the Name Avis, Aged One Year

... Where the great conqu'ror has his spoils bestow'd ...

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To S. M. A Young African Painter, On Seeing His Works

... Still, with the sweets of contemplation bless&rsquo ...

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To a Lady on the Death of Her Husband

... The friend, the spouse from his dire dart to save, ...