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    Poems of Phillis Wheatley : a native African and a slave.

    • Title:Poems of Phillis Wheatley : a native African and a slave.
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    • Author/Creator:Wheatley, Phillis, 1753-1784.
    • Other Contributors/Collections:Wheatley, Phillis, 1753-1784. Memoir and poems of Phillis Wheatley, a native African and a slave.
    • Published/Created:Bedford, Mass. : Applewood Books, 1995.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Enslaved women--United States--Poetry.
      African American women--Poetry.
    • Description:100 p. ; 19 cm.
    • ISBN:1557092338 :
    • Contents:Mr. Wheatley's Letter to the Publisher
      To Maecenas
      On virtue
      On being brought from Africa to America
      To the University of Cambridge, in New England
      To the King's Most Excellent Majesty
      On the Death of the Rev. Dr. Sewell
      On the Death of the Rev. George Whitfield
      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
      Hymn to the Morning
      Hymn to the Evening
      Isaiah - 63d Chap. 1st and 8th Verses
      On Recollection
      On Imagination
      A Funeral Poem on the Death of C. E., an Infant of twelve months
      To Captain Hd̲̲̲
      To the Right Honorable William, Earl of Dartmouth
      Ode to Neptune, on Mrs. W'̲̲̲̲s Voyage to England
      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 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
      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
      A Hymn to Humanity
      To the Hon. T. H., Esq., on the Death of his Daughter
      Niobe in Distress for her Children slain by Apollo
      To S. M., a young African Painter, on seeing his Works
      To his Honor the Lieutenant Governor, on the Death of his Lady
      A Farewell to America
      A Rebus
      Answer to the Rebus.
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