Poems And Letters Of The First Significant Black American Writer Who Knew No English When She Was Brought From Africa To Boston As A Child In The Eighteenth Century. Introduction -- On The Reputation Of Phillis Wheatley, Poet -- A Note On The Text -- Poems On Various Subjects, Religious And Moral -- Title Page Of First Edition -- Dedication To First Edition -- Preface To First Edition -- John Wheatley's Letter To The Pubisher In First Edition -- Note To The Public In First Edition -- To Maecenas -- On Virtue -- To The University Of Cambridge, In New England -- To The King's Most Excellent Majesty -- On Being Brought From Africa To America -- On The Death Of The Rev. Dr. Sewell -- On The Death Of The Rev. Mr. George Whitefield -- On The Death Of A Young Lady Of Five Years Of Age -- On The Death Of Young Gentleman -- To A Lady On The Death Of Her Husband -- Goliath Of Gath -- Thoughts On The Works Of Providence -- To A Lady On The Death Of Three Relations -- To A Clergyman On The Death Of His Lady -- An Hymn In The Morning -- An Hymn To The Evening -- Isaiah Lxiii. 1-8 -- On Recollection -- On Imagination -- A Funeral Poem On The Death Of C.e. An Infant Of Twelve Months -- To Captain H_____d, Of The 65th Regiment -- To The Right Honourable William, Earl Of Dartmouth, His Majesty's Principal Secretary Of State For North America, & C -- Ode To Neptune -- To A Lady On Her Coming To North America With Her Son, For The Recovery Of Her Health -- To A Lady On Her Remarkable Preservation In An Hurricane In North Carolina -- To A Lady And Her Children, On The Death Of Her Son And Their Brother -- To A Gentleman And Lady On The Death Of The Lady's Brother And Sister, And A Child Of The Name Avis, Aged One Year -- On The Death Of Dr. Samuel Marshall -- To A Gentleman On His Voyage To Great Britain For The Recovery Of His Health -- To The Rev. Dr. Thomas Amory On Reading His Sermons On Daily Devotion, In Which That Duty Is Recommended And Assisted -- On The Death Of J.c. An Infant -- An Hymn To Humanity -- To The Honourable T.h. Esq.; On The Death Of His Daughter -- 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 -- To S.m. A Young African Painter, On Seeing His Works -- To His Honour The Lieutenant Governor, On The Death Of His Lady. March 24, 1773 -- A Farewel To America -- A Rebus, By I.b. -- An Answer To The Rebus, By The Author Of These Poems -- On Messrs Hussey And Coffin -- To The University Of Cambridge, Wrote In 1767 -- Atheism -- An Address To The Atheist -- Deism -- An Address To The Deist -- America -- To The King's Most Excellent Majesty -- On Friendship -- To The Ho. Commodore Hood -- On The Death Of The Rev'd Dr. Sewall -- On The Death Of Mr. Snider Murder'd By Richardson -- An Elegiac Poem On Thee Death Of George Whitefield -- An Ode Of Verses On The Death Of George Whitefield -- To Mrs. Leonard, On The Death Of Her Husband -- On The Death Of Dr. Samuel Marshall -- On The Death Of Doctor Samuel Marshall -- Recollection -- To The Rev. Mr. Pitkin, On The Death Of His Lady -- A Poem On The Death Of Charles Eliot, Aged 12 Months -- To The Right Honl. William Earl Of Dartmouth -- To The Hon'ble Thomas Hubbard -- Farewell To America -- An Elegy, To Miss Mary Moorhead -- [to A Gentleman Of The Navy] -- The Answer -- Philis's Reply To The Answer -- To His Excellency General Washington -- On The Capture Of General Lee -- On The Death Of General Wooster -- An Elegy To Dr. Samuel Cooper -- Liberty And Peace -- An Elegy On Leaving -- To Mr. And Mrs. ______, On The Death Of Their Infant Son -- Letters: To The Countess Of Huntingdon, To Madam, [1771] [with Wheatley's Poem Recollection] -- Proposals For Printing By Subscription, Published February 29, 1772 -- To John Thornton -- To Arbor Tanner -- To The Earl Of Dartmouth -- Proposals For Printing In London By Subscription -- To The Countess Of Huntingdon -- To David Worcester [wooster] -- To Obour Tanner -- To John Thornton -- To Samuel Hopkins -- To Samson Occom -- To Obour Tanner -- To John Thornton -- To Samuel Hopkins -- To Obour Tanner -- To John Thornton -- To George Washington -- To Obour Tanner -- To Mary Wooster -- To Obour Tanner -- Proposals For Printing By Subscription, Published October 30, 1779 -- [proposal], Published September 1784 (in The Note For Wheatley's Poem To Mr. And Mrs. _______, On The Death Of Their Infant Son) -- Ocean. Edited With An Introduction By Julian D. Mason, Jr. Includes Bibliographical References.
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