One of this poet's poems begins "Hail, happy saint on thine immortal throne possest of glory, life, and bliss unknown."
One of this poet's poems begins "Hail, happy saint on thine immortal throne possest of glory, life, and bliss unknown." In another poem, this poet claims to write about "Columbia's scenes of glorious toils." This poet's first printed poem was "On Messrs. Hussey and Coffin." She wrote the collection Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral, which includes "On the Death of the Rev. Mr. George Whitefield" and her laudatory "To His Excellency General Washington." For 10 points, name this eighteenth century African- American woman poet.
One of this poet's poems begins "Hail, happy saint on thine immortal throne possest of glory, life, and bliss unknown."
Phillis {Wheatley} Peters