English Poetry. Phillis Wheatley. On Being Brought from Africa to America. Филлис Уитли.

Phillis Wheatley (Филлис Уитли)

On Being Brought from Africa to America

'TWAS mercy brought me from my Pagan land,
Tought me benighted soul to understand
That there's a God, that there's a Saviour too:
Once I redemption neither sought nor knew.
Some view our sable race with scornful eye,
"Their colour is a diabolic die."
Remember, Christians, Negros, black Cain,
May be refin'd, and join th' angelic train. 

Phillis Wheatley’s other poems:

1. To the King’s Most Excellent Majesty. 1768
2. Thoughts on the Works of Providence
3. To a Gentleman on his Voyage to Great-Britain for the Recovery of his Health
4. On the Death of the Rev. Dr. Sewell, 1769
5. To a Lady on the Death of Her Husband

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