Phillis Wheatley

Phillis Wheatley was the first published African American poet and first African-American woman whose writings helped create the genre of African American literature.

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Poems

ᐈ On Being Brought From Africa To America

ᐈ An Hymn To Humanity

ᐈ On Imagination

ᐈ An Hymn To The Morning

ᐈ A Funeral Poem On The Death Of C. E. An Infant Of Twelve Months

ᐈ On The Death Of A Young Lady Of Five Years Of Age

ᐈ A Farewell To America To Mrs. S. W.

ᐈ On Virtue

ᐈ A Rebus

ᐈ Ode To Neptune

ᐈ On Recollection

ᐈ An Hymn To The Evening

ᐈ To A Lady And Her Children

ᐈ oliath Of Gath

ᐈ To A Lady On The Death Of Her Husband

ᐈ n The Death Of A Youn Gentleman

ᐈ Isaiah Lxiii

ᐈ To A Gentleman On His Voyage To Great-Britain For The Recovery Of His Health

ᐈ To The Honourable T. H. Esq; On The Death Of His Daughter

ᐈ On The Death Of Rev. Mr. George Whitefield

ᐈ To The University Of Cambridge

ᐈ 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

ᐈ An Answer To The Rebus, By The Author Of These Poems

ᐈ Thoughts On The Works Of Providence

ᐈ On The Death Of Dr. Samuel Marshall

ᐈ On The Death Of The Rev. Dr. Sewell, 1769

ᐈ On The Death Of J.C. An Infant

ᐈ To The King's Most Excellent Majesty 1768

ᐈ o A Lady On The Death Of Three Relations

ᐈ To The Rev. Dr. Thomas Amory, On Reading His Sermons On Daily Devotion, In Which That Duty Is Recommended And Assisted

ᐈ To The Right Honourable William, Earl Of Dartmouth, His Majesty's Principal Secretary Of The State For North-America

ᐈ To Maecenas

ᐈ To A Clergyman On The Death Of His Lady

ᐈ To S. M. A Young African Painter, On Seeing His Works

ᐈ To Captain H------D, Of The 65th Regiment

ᐈ 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

ᐈ His Excellency General Washington

ᐈ To A Lady On Her Remarkable Preservation In A Hurrican In North-Carolina

ᐈ To A Lady On Her Coming To North-America With Her Son, For The Recovery Of Her Health

ᐈ To The Rt. Hon. William, Earl Of Dartmouth

ᐈ To His Honour The Lieutenant-Governor, On The Death Of His Lady Marc 24, 1773