One poem by this author asks that "the charms of each seraphic theme / Conduct thy footsteps to immortal fame" and ends with the speaker describing how "the solemn gloom of night / Now seals the fair creation from my sight."
One poem by this author asks that "the charms of each seraphic theme / Conduct thy footsteps to immortal fame" and ends with the speaker describing how "the solemn gloom of night / Now seals the fair creation from my sight." In another poem, this author portrays a "Goddess" who "moves divinely fair" after describing a "Celestial choir! enthron'd in realms of light." That poem by this author laments "Cruel blindness to (*) Columbia's state" and tells its listener to "Proceed, great chief, with virtue on thy side." This author notes that "Some view our sable race with scornful eye" in a poem that begins "'Twas mercy brought me from my Pagan land." For 10 points, name this poet of "To His Excellency George Washington" and "On Being Brought from Africa to America."
One poem by this author asks that "the charms of each seraphic theme / Conduct thy footsteps to immortal fame" and ends with the speaker describing how "the solemn gloom of night / Now seals the fair creation from my sight."
Phyllis Wheatley