For 10 points, identify this early American poet who wrote "To His Excellency, George Washington," and "On Being Brought From Africa to America."
This author wrote poems such as "Niobe in Distress" and "Goliath of Gath" and addressed another poem to Mnemoysene noting, "Thy pow'r the long-forgotten calls from night." In addition to "On Recollection," this author wished the dedicatee of another poem "A crown, a mansion, and a throat that shine" and remarked that her "benighted soul" learned about "the God, and the savior too" after "mercy brought me from my Pagan land." For 10 points, identify this early American poet who wrote "To His Excellency, George Washington," and "On Being Brought From Africa to America."
This author wrote poems such as "Niobe in Distress" and "Goliath of Gath" and addressed another poem to Mnemoysene noting, "Thy pow'r the long-forgotten calls from night.
Phyllis {Wheatley}