Contains The Complete Works Of The First African-american To Publish A Book Of Poetry. Poems On Various Subjects, Religious And Moral. To Maecenas -- On Virtue -- 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 -- Goliath Of Gath -- Thoughts On The Works Of Providence -- To A Lady On The Death Of Three Relations -- To A Clerygman 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, His Majesty's Principal Secretary Of State For North America -- 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 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 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 Hymn To Humanity. 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. Extant Poems Not Included In The 1773 Poems. Atheism -- An Address To The Deist -- On Messrs. Hussey And Coffin -- America -- To The Honble. Commodore Hood On His Pardoning A Deserter -- On Friendship -- On The Death Of Mr. Snider Murder'd By Richardson -- An Elegy To Miss Mary Moorhead, On The Death Of Her Father, The Rev. Mr. John Moorhead -- To A Gentleman Of The Navy -- The Answer [by The Gentleman Of The Navy] -- Phillis's Reply To The Answer -- To His Excellency General Washington -- On The Capture Of General Lee -- On The Death Of General Wooster -- To Mr. And Mrs. --- On The Death Of Their Infant Son -- An Elegy Sacred To The Memory Of That Great Divine, The Reverend And Learned Dr. Samuel Cooper -- Liberty And Peace -- An Elegy On Leaving --- Prose. Letters. To The Rt. Hon'ble The Countess Of Huntingdon (october 25, 1770) -- Madam [to Abigail May?] (november Or December 1771) -- Hon'd Sir [john Thornton] (april 21, 1772) -- To Abour Tanner, In Newport (may 19, 1772) -- To Arbour Tanner, In Newport (july 19, 1772) -- My Lord [earl Of Dartmouth] (october 10, 1772) -- Madam [the Countess Of Huntingdon] (june 27, 1773) -- Madam [the Countess Of Huntingdon] (july 17, 1773) -- Sir [david Wooster] (october 18, 1773) -- To Obour Tanner, In New Port (october 30, 1773) -- Hon'd Sir [john Thornton] (december 1, 1773) -- [to The Rev. Samuel Hopkins] (february 9, 1774) -- Reverend And Honoured Sir [to Samson Occom] (february 11, 1774) -- To Miss Obour Tanner, Newport (march 21, 1774) -- Much Honoured Sir [john Thornton] (march 29, 1774) -- To Miss Obour Tanner, New Port, Rhode Island (may 6, 1774) -- Rev'd Sir [samuel Hopkins] (may 6, 1774) -- Much Hon'd Sir [john Thornton] (october 30, 1774) -- Sir [george Washington] (october 26, 1775) -- Miss Obour Tanner, Worcester (may 29, 1778) -- Madam [mary Wooster] (july 15, 1778) -- Miss Obour Tanner, Worcester (may 10, 1779) -- Proposals For Volumes. Proposals For Printing By Subscription (february 29, 1772) -- Proposals (october 30, 1779) -- Wheatley's Final Proposal (september 1784) -- Prayer : Sabbath -- June 13, 1779. Variant Poems And Letters. Poems. To The University Of Cambridge, Wrote In 1767 -- On Atheism [variant I] -- On Atheism [variant Ii] -- Deism -- To The King's Most Excellent Majesty On His Repealing The American Stamp Act -- On The Death Of The Rev'd Dr. Sewall, 1769 -- To Mrs. Leonard, On The Death Of Her Husband -- An Elegiac Poem, On The Death Of -- George Whitefield [variant I] -- An Ode Of Verses On The Much-lamented Death Of The Rev. Mr. George Whitefield [variant Ii] -- On The Death Of Doctor Samuel Marshall -- Recollection, To Miss A---, M--- -- To The Rev. Mr. Pitkin, On The Death Of His Lady -- To The Hon'ble Thomas Hubbard, Esq; On The Death Of Mrs. Thankfull Leonard -- To The Right Honourable William Legge, Earl Of Dartmouth -- To The Empire Of America, Beneath The Western Hemisphere. Farewell To America. To Mrs. S.w. [variant I] -- Farewell To America [variant Ii] -- An Elegy Sacred To The Memory Of The Rev'd Samuel Cooper, D.d. -- On The Death Of J.c. An Infant -- Letters. Most Notable Lady [the Countess Of Huntingdon] (october 25, 1770 -- My Lord [dartmouth] (june 3, 1773). Phillis Wheatley's Struggle For Freedom In Her Poetry And Prose / John C. Shields. Edited With An Essay By John C. Shields. Includes Bibliographical References.
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