Download On Being Brought From Africa To America Poem PNG. 'twas mercy brought me from my pagan land, taught my benighted soul to understand that there's a god, that there's a saviour too: On being brought from africa to america poem by phillis wheatley.
On being brought from africa to america. On being brought is wheatley's most anthologized poem, so it must be good, right? 'twas mercy brought me from my pagan land, taught my benighted soul to understand that there's a god, that there's a saviour too:
On being brought from africa to america.
In it was the poem that is now taught in schools and colleges all over the world, a fitting tribute to the first ever black female poet in america. Wheatley published numerous individual poems in addition to her book, poems on various massachusetts historical society on being brought from africa to america 'twas mercy brought me from my pagan land, taught my benighted soul to. Once i redemption neither sought nor knew. Documenting the american south, 1834.