Niobe In Distress For Her Children Slain By Apollo, From Ovid’s Metamorphose (Phillis Wheatley Poems)
Apollo's wrath to man the dreadful springOf ills innum'rous, tuneful goddess, sing!Thou who did'st first th' ideal pencil give,And taught'st ...
Apollo's wrath to man the dreadful springOf ills innum'rous, tuneful goddess, sing!Thou who did'st first th' ideal pencil give,And taught'st ...
Out of the dread eternities, The vast abyss of night,A glorious pageant rose and shone, And passed from human sight.We saw the ...
NEVER nobler was the Senate,Never grander the debate:Rome's old gods are on their trialBy the judges of the state!Torn by ...
I found far culled from fragrant field and groveEach flower that makes our Spring a welcome guest;In one sweet bond ...
Scene, on an Eminence on one of those Downs, which afford to the South a view of the Sea; to ...
THIRD EPISTLE. LOUISATOEMMA,WRITTEN THE DAY AFTER SHE HAD RECEIVED FROM HEREUGENIO'S EXCULPATING LETTER. APRIL 21st, ...
As bullets come to us they're thin, They're angular, or smooth and fat, Some spiral are, and gimlet in, ...
I saw a famous fountain, in my dream, Where shady path-ways to a valley led;A weeping willow lay upon that ...
Child of the thoughtful brow,The speaking eye and the confiding look! List to those teachings now,And make thy guiding ...
Apollo's wrath to man the dreadful spring Of ills innum'rous, tuneful goddess, sing! Thou who did'st first th' ideal pencil ...
Scene, on an Eminence on one of those Downs, which afford to the South a view of the Sea; to ...
Hail, holy Light, offspring of Heaven firstborn, Or of the Eternal coeternal beam May I express thee unblam'd? since God ...
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