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![Celestial choir! enthron’d in realms of light, Columbia’s scenes of glorious toils I write. While freedom’s cause her anxious breast alarms, She flashes dreadful in refulgent arms. See mother earth […]](http://www.phillis-wheatley.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/George-Washington-115x115.jpg "“To His Excellency, George Washington”")
“To His Excellency, George Washington”
Posted on | No CommentsCelestial choir! enthron’d in realms of light, Columbia’s scenes of glorious toils I write. While freedom’s cause her anxious breast alarms, She flashes dreadful in refulgent arms. See mother earth […] -
![Phillis Wheatley’s first published poem in the Newport Mercury, December 21, 1767. Did Fear and Danger so perplex your Mind, As made you fearful of the Whistling Wind? […]](http://www.phillis-wheatley.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/quill-and-ink2-115x115.jpg "“On Messrs Hussey and Coffin”")
“On Messrs Hussey and Coffin”
Posted on | No CommentsPhillis Wheatley’s first published poem in the Newport Mercury, December 21, 1767. Did Fear and Danger so perplex your Mind, As made you fearful of the Whistling Wind? […] -
![Written 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 […]](http://www.phillis-wheatley.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/King-George-III-115x115.jpg "“To the King’s Most Excellent Majesty”")
“To the King’s Most Excellent Majesty”
Posted on | 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 […] -
![Composed by Jupiter Hammon, Hartford, August 4, 1778. Miss Wheatly; pray give leave to express as follows: O, come you pious youth: adore The wisdom of thy God. In bringing […]](http://www.phillis-wheatley.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/jupiter-hammon-115x115.jpg "“An Address to Miss Phillis Wheatly [sic], Ethiopian Poetess, in Boston, who came from Africa at eight years of age, and soon became acquainted with the gospel of Jesus Christ.”")
“An Address to Miss Phillis Wheatly [sic], Ethiopian Poetess, in Boston, who came from Africa at eight years of age, and soon became acquainted with the gospel of Jesus Christ.”
Posted on | No CommentsComposed by Jupiter Hammon, Hartford, August 4, 1778. Miss Wheatly; pray give leave to express as follows: O, come you pious youth: adore The wisdom of thy God. In bringing […] -
![In heavens eternal court it was decreed How the first martyr for the cause should bleed To clear the country of the hated brood He whet his courage for the […]](http://www.phillis-wheatley.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/quill-and-pen-115x115.jpg "“On The Death of Mr. Snider Murder’d By Richardson”")
“On The Death of Mr. Snider Murder’d By Richardson”
Posted on | No CommentsIn heavens eternal court it was decreed How the first martyr for the cause should bleed To clear the country of the hated brood He whet his courage for the […] -
![New England first a wilderness was found Till for a continent ’twas destin’d round From feild to feild the savage monsters run E’r yet Brittania had her work begun Thy […]](http://www.phillis-wheatley.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/quill-and-ink-115x115.jpg "“America”")
“America”
Posted on | No CommentsNew England first a wilderness was found Till for a continent ’twas destin’d round From feild to feild the savage monsters run E’r yet Brittania had her work begun Thy […] -
![It was thy noble soul and high desert That caus’d these breathings of my grateful heart You sav’d a soul from Pluto’s dreary shore You sav’d his body and he […]](http://www.phillis-wheatley.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/quill1-115x115.jpg "“To The Honble Commodore Hood on His Pardoning a Deserter”")
“To The Honble Commodore Hood on His Pardoning a Deserter”
Posted on | No CommentsIt was thy noble soul and high desert That caus’d these breathings of my grateful heart You sav’d a soul from Pluto’s dreary shore You sav’d his body and he […] -
![GRIM Monarch! see depriv’d of vital breath, A young Physician in the dust of death! Dost thou go on incessant to destroy: The grief to double, and impair the joy? […]](http://www.phillis-wheatley.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/quills-115x115.jpg "“To Mrs. Leonard on The Death of Her Husband”")
“To Mrs. Leonard on The Death of Her Husband”
Posted on | No CommentsGRIM Monarch! see depriv’d of vital breath, A young Physician in the dust of death! Dost thou go on incessant to destroy: The grief to double, and impair the joy? […] -
![Let amicitia in her ample reign Extend her notes to a Celestial strain Benevolent far more divinely Bright Amor like me doth triumph at the sight When my thoughts in […]](http://www.phillis-wheatley.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/quill-and-ink1-115x115.jpg "“On Friendship”")
“On Friendship”
Posted on | No CommentsLet amicitia in her ample reign Extend her notes to a Celestial strain Benevolent far more divinely Bright Amor like me doth triumph at the sight When my thoughts in […] -
![The following is a copy of the Letter sent by the Author’s Mater to the Publisher and included in Phillis was brought from Africa to America in the year […]](http://www.phillis-wheatley.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/ink1-115x115.jpg "Letter form John Wheatley to Publisher")
Letter form John Wheatley to Publisher
Posted on | No CommentsThe following is a copy of the Letter sent by the Author’s Mater to the Publisher and included in Phillis was brought from Africa to America in the year […]
