Poems on various subjects, religious and moral
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Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral by Phillis Wheatley, Negro Servant to Mr. John Wheatley, of Boston, in New England (published 1 September 1773) is a collection of 39 poems written by Phillis Wheatley, the first professional African-American woman poet in America and the first African-American woman whose writings were published. Phillis Wheatley broke barriers as the first American black woman poet to be published, opening the door for future black authors. James Weldon Johnson, author, politician, diplomat and one of the first African-American professors at New York University,...
Chapters (50)
- POEMS
- ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS, RELIGIOUS AND MORAL.
- (Negro Servant To Mr. John Wheatley, Of Boston, In New-England)
- 1771
- TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE
- COUNTESS OF HUNTINGDON, THE FOLLOWING P O E M S ARE MOST RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED. BY HER MUCH OBLIGED, VERY HUMBLE AND DEVOTED SERVANT. PHILLIS WHEATLEY.
- PREFACE.
- JOHN WHEATLEY.
- TO THE PUBLIC.
- P O E M S
- O N V A R I O U S S U B J E C T S.
- TO M AE C E N A S.
- O N V I R T U E.
- TO THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE, IN NEW-ENGLAND.
- TO THE KING’S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. 1768.
- ON BEING BROUGHT FROM AFRICA TO AMERICA.
- ON THE DEATH OF THE REV. DR. SEWELL, 1769.
- ON THE DEATH OF THE REV. MR. GEORGE WHITEFIELD. 1770.
- 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.
- G O L I A T H O F G A T H.
- 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.
- ISAIAH lxiii. 1-8.
- ON RECOLLECTION.
- ON IMAGINATION.
- A FUNERAL POEM ON THE DEATH OF C. E. AN INFANT OF TWELVE MONTHS.
- TO CAPTAIN H———D, OF THE 65TH REGIMENT.
- TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE WILLIAM, EARL OF DARTMOUTH
- O D E T O N E P T U N E.
- 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 AN HURRICANE IN NORTH-CAROLINA.
- TO A LADY AND HER CHILDREN, ON THE DEATH OF HER SON AND THEIR BROTHER.
- 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 THE DEATH OF DR. SAMUEL MARSHALL. 1771.
- 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 H Y M N TO H U M A N I T Y. TO S. P. G. ESQ;
- TO THE HONOURABLE 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. MARCH 24, 1773.
- A FAREWEL TO AMERICA. TO MRS. S. W.
- A REBUS, BY I. B.
- AN ANSWER TO THE REBUS, BY THE AUTHOR OF THESE POEMS.
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