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Phillis Wheatly
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(1753-1784)
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A Farewel To America to Mrs. S. W.
ADIEU, New-England's smiling meads,
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A Funeral Poem On The Death Of C. E. An Infant Of Twelve Months
THROUGH airy roads he wings his instant fligh
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A Rebus, By I. B.
A BIRD delicious to the taste,
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An Answer To The Rebus, By The Author Of These Poems
THE poet asks, and Phillis can't refus
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An Hymn To Humanity To S. P. G. Esp;
LO! for this dark terrestrial ball
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An Hymn To The Evening
SOON as the sun forsook the eastern main
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An Hymn To The Morning
ATTEND my lays, ye ever honour'd nine,
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Goliath Of Gath
YE martial pow'rs, and all ye tuneful nine,
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Isaiah Lxiii 1-------8
SAY, heav'nly muse, what king or mighty God,
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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
APOLLO's wrath to man the dreadful spring
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Ode To Neptune
WHILE raging tempests shake the shore,
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On Imagination
THY various works, imperial queen, we see,
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On Recollection
MNEME begin. Inspire, ye sacred nine,
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On The Death Of A Youn Gentleman
WHO taught thee conflict with the pow'rs of night,
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On The Death Of A Young Lady Of Five Years Of Age
FROM dark abodes to fair etherial light
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On The Death Of Dr. Samuel Marshall
THROUGH thickest glooms look back, immortal
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On The Death Of J. C. An Infant
NO more the flow'ry scenes of pleasure rife,
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On The Death Of Rev. Mr. George Whitefield
HAIL, happy saint, on thine immortal throne,
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On Virtue
O Thou bright jewel in my aim I strive
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One Being Brought From Africa To America
'TWAS mercy brought me from my Pagan land,
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Thoughts On The Works Of Providence
A R I S E, my soul, on wings enraptur'd, rise
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To A Clergyman On The Death Of His Lady
WHERE contemplation finds her sacred spring,
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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 Of Avis, Aged One Year
ON Death's domain intent I fix my eyes,
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To A Gentleman On His Voyage To Great-Britain For The Recovery Of His Health
WHILE others chant of gay Elysian scenes,
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To A Lady And Her Children, On The Death Of Her Son And Their Brother
O'ERWHELMING sorrow now demands my song:
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To A Lady On Her Coming To North-America With Her Son, For The Recovery Of Her Health
INDULGENT muse! my grov'ling mind inspire,
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To A Lady On Her Remarkable Preservation In A Hurrican In North-Carolina
THOUGH thou did'st hear the tempest from afar,
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To A Lady On The Death Of Her Husband
GRIM monarch! see, depriv'd of vital breath,
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To A Lady On The Death Of The Three Relations
WE trace the pow'r of Death from tomb to tomb,
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To Captain H------D, Of The 65th Regiment
SAY, muse divine, can hostile scenes delight
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To His Honour The Lieutenant-Governor, On The Death Of His Lady Marc 24, 1773
ALL-Conquering Death! by thy resistless pow'r,
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To Maecenas
MAECENAS, you, beneath the myrtle shade,
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To S. M. A Young African Painter, On Seeing His Works
TO show the lab'ring bosom's deep intent,
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To The Honourable T. H. Esq; On the Death Of His Daughter
WHILE deep you mourn beneath the cypress-shade
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To The King's Most Excellent Majesty 1768
YOUR subjects hope, dread Sire--
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To The Rev. Dr. Thomas Amory, On Reading His Sermons On Daily Devotion, In Which that Duty Is Recommended And Assisted
TO cultivate in ev'ry noble mind
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To The Right Honourable William, Earl Of Dartmouth, His Majesty's Principal Secretary Of The State For North-America,
HAIL, happy day, when, smiling like the morn,
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To The University Of Cambridge, In New-England
WHILE an intrinsic ardor prompts to write,
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