Phillis Wheatley quotes
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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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“In every human Beast, God has implanted a Principle, which we call Love of Freedom; it is impatient of Oppression, and pants for Deliverance.”
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“Proceed, great chief, with virtue on thy sideThy every action let the goddess guide.”
-- Phillis WheatleySource : Phillis Wheatley, “His Excellency General Washington”
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“Through thickest gloom look back, immortal shade, On that confusion which thy death has made.”
-- Phillis WheatleySource : 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.”
-- Phillis WheatleySource : Phillis Wheatley (2008). “Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral (EasyRead Comfort Edition)”, p.10, ReadHowYouWant.com
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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 WheatleySource : Phillis Wheatley (2008). “Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral (EasyRead Comfort Edition)”, p.46, 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.”
-- Phillis WheatleySource : Phillis Wheatley (2001). “Complete Writings”, p.147, Penguin
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“May be refined, and join the angelic train.”
-- Phillis WheatleySource : Phillis Wheatley (2012). “The Poems of Phillis Wheatley: With Letters and a Memoir”, p.4, Courier Corporation
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“Thou didst, in strains of eloquence refin'd, Inflame the soul, and captivate the mind.”
-- Phillis WheatleySource : Phillis Wheatley (2001). “Complete Writings”, p.115, Penguin
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