Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral

This moving collection of poems by Phillis Wheatley is intended to inspire Christians and tribute various believers who had recently been deceased.

Published in 1773, this collection brings together many of Wheatley's finest writings addressed to figures of the day. She writes evocative verse to academic establishments, military officers and even the King of England, with other verses discussing various subjects in verse form, offering condolences and verse commemorating recent events, or th...