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As when Eolus heaven's fair face deforms, Enwrapp'd in tempest and a night of storms; Astonish'd ocean feels the wild uproar, The refluent surges beat the sounding shore; Or thick as leaves in Autumn's golden reign,
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Creation smiles in various beauty gay
While day to night, and night succeeds day
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See mother earth her offspring's fate bemoan, And nations gaze at scenes before unknown! See the bright beams of heaven's revolving light Involved in sorrows and the veil of night! The goddess comes, she moves divinely fair,
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Phillis Wheatley
Born:
May 8, 1753
Died:
December 5, 1784
(aged 31)
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