'Twas mercy brought me from my pagan land,
Taught my benighted soul to understand
That there's a God, that there's a Saviour too.


'On Being Brought from Africa to America' (1773)

Phillis Wheatley Quotes

'Twas mercy brought me from my pagan land, Taught my benighted soul to understand That there's a God, that there's a Saviour too.

'Twas mercy brought me from my pagan land, Taught my benighted soul to understand That there's a God, that there's a Saviour too.

'Twas mercy brought me from my pagan land, Taught my benighted soul to understand That there's a God, that there's a Saviour too.

'Twas mercy brought me from my pagan land, Taught my benighted soul to understand That there's a God, that there's a Saviour too.