Phillis Wheatley

1753 – 5 December 1784 / Gambia

Popular Poems

A Farewell To America To Mrs. S. W.
His Excellency General Washington
On Virtue
On Being Brought From Africa To America
On The Death Of J.C. An Infant
A Rebus
Ode To Neptune
To A Lady On Her Coming To North-America With Her Son, For The Recovery Of Her Health
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
Goliath Of Gath
To A Gentleman On His Voyage To Great-Britain For The Recovery Of His Health
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
An Hymn To The Morning
On Recollection