Phillis Wheatley (1753-1784)
first published African-American female poet

Poems by Phillis Wheatley

• A Farewel to America
• A Funeral Poem on the Death of C. E. an Infant of Twelve Months
• A Hymn to the Evening
• A Hymn to the Morning
• Goliath of Gath
• Ode to Neptune
• On Being Brought from Africa to America
• On Imagination
• On Recollection
• On the Death of a Young Gentleman
• On the Death of a Young Lady of Five Years of Age
• On the Death of the Rev. Dr. Sewell, 1769
• On the Death of the Rev. Mr. George Whitefield. 1770
• On Virtue
• Thoughts on the Works of Providence
• To a Clergyman on the Death of His Lady
• To a Gentleman on His Voyage to Great-Britain for the Recovery of his Health
• To a Lady and Her Children
• To a Lady on the Death of Her Husband
• To a Lady on the Death of Three Relations
• To Maecenas
• To S.M., a Young African Painter, on Seeing His Works
• To the King’s Most Excellent Majesty. 1768
• To the Right Honourable William, Earl of Dartmouth
• To the University of Cambridge, in New-England

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