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On Being Brought From Africa to America
By Phillis Wheatley Peters. Share 'Twas mercy brought ... Poems to integrate into your English Language Arts classroom. Collection. Poetry and Feminism. By The Editors. February 27, 2018. Tracing the fight for equality and women's rights through poetry. Audio. A Change of World, Episode 1: The Wilderness. The first episode in a special series ...
On Virtue
By Phillis Wheatley Peters. Share. O thou bright jewel in my aim I strive. To comprehend thee. Thine own words declare. Wisdom is higher than a fool can reach. I cease to wonder, and no more attempt. Thine height t'explore, or fathom thy profound. But, O my soul, sink not into despair,
A Hymn to The Evening
By Phillis Wheatley Peters. Share. Soon as the sun forsook the eastern main. The pealing thunder shook the heav'nly plain; Majestic grandeur! From the zephyr's wing, Exhales the incense of the blooming spring. Soft purl the streams, the birds renew their notes,
To The Right Honorable William, Earl Of
May heav'nly grace the sacred sanction give To all thy works, and thou for ever live Not only on the wings of fleeting Fame, Though praise immortal crowns the patriot's name, But to conduct to heav'ns refulgent fane, May fiery coursers sweep th' ethereal plain, And bear thee upwards to that blest…
To S. M. a Young African Painter, On Seeing
A Young African Painter, On Seeing His Works. By Phillis Wheatley Peters. Share TO 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, How did those prospects give my soul delight, ...