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Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral
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by Phillis Wheatley


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A collection of classic poems by Phillis Wheatley (sometimes spelled Phyllis), the first published female African-American poet. Wheatley, who was born in Africa, was captured as a child and sold into slavery in America. The family that bought Wheatley taught her to read and write, and soon she become known for her writing, including praise from George Washington. Eventually, Wheatley was emancipated. The poems in this book include: To Maecenas, On Virtue, To the University of Cambridge, in New England, To the King's Most Excellent Majesty, On being brought from Africa, On the Rev. Dr. Sewell, On the Rev. Mr. George Whitefield, On the Death of a young Lady of five Years of Age, On the Death of a young Gentleman, To a Lady on the Death of her Husband, Goliath of Gath, Thoughts on the Works of Providence, To a Lady on the Death of three Relations, To a Clergyman on the Death of his Lady, An Hymn to the Morning, An Hymn to the Evening, On Isaiah lxiii. 1-8, On Recollection, On Imagination, A Funeral Poem on the Death of an Infant aged twelve Months, To Captain H. D. of the 65th Regiment, To the Right Hon. William, Earl of Dartmouth, Ode to Neptune, To a Lady on her coming to North America with her Son, for the Recovery of her Health, To a Lady on her remarkable Preservation in a Hurricane in North Carolina, To a Lady and her Children on the Death of the Lady's Brother and Sister, and a Child of the Name of Avis, aged one Year, On the Death of Dr. Samuel Marshall, To a Gentleman on his Voyage to Great-Britain, for the Recovery of his Health, To the Rev. Dr. Thomas Amory on reading his Sermons on Daily Devotion, in which that Duty is recommended and assisted, On the Death of J. C. an Infant, An Hymn to Humanity, To the Hon. T. H. Esq; on the Death of his Daughter, Niobe in Distress for her Children slain by Apollo, from Ovid's Metamorphoses, Book VI, and from a View of the Painting of Mr. Richard Wilson, To S. M. a young African Painter, on seeing his Works, To his Honour the Lieutenant-Governor, on the Death of his Lady, A Farewel to America, A Rebus by I. B., and An ANSWER to the Rebus, by the Author of these POEMS.

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  • Title Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral
  • Author Phillis Wheatley
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 54
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • ISBN 9781984926326 / 1984926322
  • Weight 0.2 lbs (0.09 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.02 x 5.98 x 0.13 in (22.91 x 15.19 x 0.33 cm)
  • Dewey Decimal Code 811.1