The Poems of Phillis Wheatley As They Were Originally Published in London 1773
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I sing not now of green em-bow' ring woods, I sing not now the daughters of the floods, I sing not of the storms o'er ocean driv'n, And how they howl'd along the waste of heav'n, . But I to R - would paint the British shore, And vast Atlantic, not untry'd before: Thy life impair'd commands thee to arise, Leave these bleak regions and inclement skies, Where chilling winds return the winter past, And nature shudders at the furious blast. O thou stupendous, earth-enclosing main Exert thy wonders t...o the world again ! If ere thy pow'r prolonged the fleeting breath, Turn'd back the shafts, and mock'd the gates of" death, 61 > The Poems of Phillis Wheatley If ere thine air dispens'd an healing pow'r, Or snatch'd the victim from the fatal hour, This equal case demands thine equal care, And equal wonders may this patient share. But unavailing-, frantic is the dream To hope thine aid without the aid of him Who gave thee birth and taught thee where to flow, And in thy waves his various blessings show.
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