Phillis Wheatley Quotes

• In every human Beast, God has implanted a Principle, which we call Love of Freedom; it is impatient of Oppression, and pants for Deliverance.

  Phillis Wheatley

  Principles, Pants, Deliverance

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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.

  Phillis Wheatley

  Black History, Tasks, World

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• Through thickest gloom look back, immortal shade,
  On that confusion which thy death has made.

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  Confusion, Looks, Shade

  Phillis Wheatley (1838). “Poems of Phillis Wheatley: A Native African and a Slave”, p.55, Applewood Books

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• Remember, Christians, Negroes, black as Cain, /May be refin'd and join th' angelic train.

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  Christian, Black, Cain

  Phillis Wheatley (2008). “Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral (EasyRead Comfort Edition)”, p.10, ReadHowYouWant.com

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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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  America, Desire, Return

  Phillis Wheatley (2001). “Complete Writings”, p.147, Penguin

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

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  Soul, Mind, Eloquence

  Phillis Wheatley (2001). “Complete Writings”, p.115, Penguin

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• Proceed, great chief, with virtue on thy sideThy every action let the goddess guide.

  Phillis Wheatley

  Revolution, Action, Goddess

  Phillis Wheatley, “His Excellency General Washington”

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• Aurora hail, and all the thousand dies,
  Which deck thy progress through the vaulted skies:
  The morn awakes, and wide extends her rays,
  On ev'ry leaf the gentle zephyr plays;
  Harmonious lays the feather'd race resume,
  Dart the bright eye, and shake the painted plume.

  Phillis Wheatley

  Eye, Sky, Play

  Phillis Wheatley (2008). “Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral (EasyRead Comfort Edition)”, p.46, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• May be refined, and join the angelic train.

  Phillis Wheatley

  May, Angelic, Refined

  Phillis Wheatley (2012). “The Poems of Phillis Wheatley: With Letters and a Memoir”, p.4, Courier Corporation

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