Phillis Wheatley Short Quotes

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Imagination! who can sing thy force?
Or who describe the swiftness of thy course?

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Creation smiles in various beauty gay
While day to night, and night succeeds day

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Thou didst, in strains of eloquence refin'd, Inflame the soul, and captivate the mind.

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Let placid slumbers sooth each weary mind,
At morn to wake more heav'nly, more refin'd.

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Remember, Christians, Negroes black as Cain
May be refined, and join th' angelic train.

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In death the friend, the kind companion lies,
And in one death what various comfort dies!

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See in the east, the illustrious king of day!
His rising radiance drives the shades away...

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When first thy pencil did these beaties give
And breathing figures learnt from thee to live

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Through all the heavens what beauteous dyes are spread,
But the west glories in the deepest red...

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Since my return to America my Master, has at the desire of my friends in England given me my freedom.

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Thy ev'ry action let the goddess guide. A crown, a mansion, and a throne that shine, With gold unfading, WASHINGTON! be thine.

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'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.

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The world is a severe schoolmaster, for its frowns are less dangerous than its smiles and flatteries, and it is a difficult task to keep in the path of wisdom.

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Hail, happy saint, on thine immortal throne,
Possest of glory, life, and bliss unknown:
We hear no more the music of thy tongue,
Thy wonted auditories cease to throng.

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Some view our sable race with scornful eye,
"Their colour is a diabolic die."
Remember, Christians, Negroes, black as Cain,
May be refin'd, and join th' angelic train.

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Celestial choir! enthron'd in realms of light, Columbia's scenes of glorious toils I write. While freedom's cause her anxious breast alarms, She flashes dreadful in refulgent arms.

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Descend to earth, there place thy throne;
To succour man's afflicted son
Each human heart inspire:
To act in bounties unconfin'd
Enlarge the close contracted mind,
And fill it with thy fire.

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