Phillis Wheatley: Grace

Phillis Wheatley was American poet. Explore interesting quotes on grace.

Phillis Wheatley: 30 quotes5 likes

“Thee, first in peace and honor - we demand The grace and glory of thy martial band. Fam'd for thy valor, for thy virtues more, Hear every tongue thy guardian aid implore! One century scarce perform'd its destined round”

Phillis Wheatley

1770s, To His Excellency, George Washington (1775)

“Olive and laurel binds her golden hair: Wherever shines this native of the skies, Unnumber'd charms and recent graces rise. Muse! bow propitious while my pen relates How pour her armies through a thousand gates”

Phillis Wheatley

1770s, To His Excellency, George Washington (1775)

“But how is Mneme dreaded by the race,
Who scorn her warnings and despise her grace?
By her unveil'd each horrid crime appears,
Her awful hand a cup of wormwood bears.
Days, years mispent, O what a hell of woe!
Hers the worst tortures that our souls can know.”

Phillis Wheatley

"On Recollection" st. 2 lines 7-12, Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral (1773)