# Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral by Phillis Wheatley.

- [Dedication](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poems_on_various_subjects_religious_and_moral_se/chapters/dedication.md): Phillis Wheatley respectfully dedicates her collection of poems to the Right Honourable the Countess of Huntingdon, expressing her humility and devotion as a servant.
- [Letter to the Publisher](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poems_on_various_subjects_religious_and_moral_se/chapters/letter-to-the-publisher.md): A letter from John Wheatley, Phillis Wheatley's master, to the publisher attesting to her remarkable intellectual achievements. He describes how she was brought from Africa at age seven or eight in 1761, learned English 
- [Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poems_on_various_subjects_religious_and_moral_se/chapters/poems-on-various-subjects-religious-and-moral.md): This chapter presents a collection of poems by Phillis Wheatley, exploring themes of Christian redemption, classical and biblical allusions, and the moral and spiritual journey from enslavement to salvation. The poems re
- [To Maecenas](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poems_on_various_subjects_religious_and_moral_se/chapters/to-maecenas.md): The speaker addresses Maecenas, celebrating the power of classical poets like Homer and Virgil, while lamenting her own inability to match their genius. She reflects on the partial grace given to Terence, the only Africa
- [On Virtue](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poems_on_various_subjects_religious_and_moral_se/chapters/on-virtue.md): The speaker addresses Virtue as a bright jewel and a queen, striving to comprehend and embrace it. Despite acknowledging that wisdom is beyond a fool's reach, the speaker refuses to despair, recognizing that Virtue is ne

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- [To the University of Cambridge, in New-England](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poems_on_various_subjects_religious_and_moral_se/chapters/to-the-university-of-cambridge-in-new-england.md)
- [To the King’s Most Excellent Majesty. 1768](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poems_on_various_subjects_religious_and_moral_se/chapters/to-the-king-s-most-excellent-majesty-1768.md)
- [On Being Brought from Africa to America](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poems_on_various_subjects_religious_and_moral_se/chapters/on-being-brought-from-africa-to-america.md)
- [On the Death of the Rev. Dr. Sewell. 1769](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poems_on_various_subjects_religious_and_moral_se/chapters/on-the-death-of-the-rev-dr-sewell-1769.md)
- [On the Death of the Rev. Mr. George Whitefield. 1770](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poems_on_various_subjects_religious_and_moral_se/chapters/on-the-death-of-the-rev-mr-george-whitefield-1770.md)
- [On the Death of a Young Lady of Five Years of Age](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poems_on_various_subjects_religious_and_moral_se/chapters/on-the-death-of-a-young-lady-of-five-years-of-age.md)
- [On the Death of a Young Gentleman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poems_on_various_subjects_religious_and_moral_se/chapters/on-the-death-of-a-young-gentleman.md)
- [To a Lady on the Death of Her Husband](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poems_on_various_subjects_religious_and_moral_se/chapters/to-a-lady-on-the-death-of-her-husband.md)
- [Goliath of Gath](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poems_on_various_subjects_religious_and_moral_se/chapters/goliath-of-gath.md)
- [Thoughts on the Works of Providence](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poems_on_various_subjects_religious_and_moral_se/chapters/thoughts-on-the-works-of-providence.md)
- [To a Lady on the Death of Three Relations](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poems_on_various_subjects_religious_and_moral_se/chapters/to-a-lady-on-the-death-of-three-relations.md)
- [To a Clergyman on the Death of His Lady](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poems_on_various_subjects_religious_and_moral_se/chapters/to-a-clergyman-on-the-death-of-his-lady.md)
- [An Hymn to the Morning](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poems_on_various_subjects_religious_and_moral_se/chapters/an-hymn-to-the-morning.md)
- [An Hymn to the Evening](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poems_on_various_subjects_religious_and_moral_se/chapters/an-hymn-to-the-evening.md)
- [Isaiah 63:1–8](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poems_on_various_subjects_religious_and_moral_se/chapters/isaiah-63-1-8.md)
- [On Recollection](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poems_on_various_subjects_religious_and_moral_se/chapters/on-recollection.md)
- [On Imagination](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poems_on_various_subjects_religious_and_moral_se/chapters/on-imagination.md)
- [A Funeral Poem on the Death of C. E. An Infant of Twelve Months](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poems_on_various_subjects_religious_and_moral_se/chapters/a-funeral-poem-on-the-death-of-c-e-an-infant-of-twelve-months.md)
- [To Captain H⸺d, of the 65th Regiment](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poems_on_various_subjects_religious_and_moral_se/chapters/to-captain-h-d-of-the-65th-regiment.md)
- [To the Right Honourable William, Earl of Dartmouth, His Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for North-America, etc.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poems_on_various_subjects_religious_and_moral_se/chapters/to-the-right-honourable-william-earl-of-dartmouth-his-majesty-s-principal-secretary-of-state-for-north-america-etc.md)
- [Ode to Neptune](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poems_on_various_subjects_religious_and_moral_se/chapters/ode-to-neptune.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poems_on_various_subjects_religious_and_moral_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poems_on_various_subjects_religious_and_moral_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poems_on_various_subjects_religious_and_moral_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [To a Lady on Her Coming to North-America with Her Son, for the Recovery of Her Health](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poems_on_various_subjects_religious_and_moral_se/chapters/to-a-lady-on-her-coming-to-north-america-with-her-son-for-the-recovery-of-her-health.md)
- [To a Lady on Her Remarkable Preservation in an Hurricane in North-Carolina](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poems_on_various_subjects_religious_and_moral_se/chapters/to-a-lady-on-her-remarkable-preservation-in-an-hurricane-in-north-carolina.md)
- [To a Lady and Her Children, on the Death of Her Son and Their Brother](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poems_on_various_subjects_religious_and_moral_se/chapters/to-a-lady-and-her-children-on-the-death-of-her-son-and-their-brother.md)
- [To a Gentleman and Lady on the Death of the Lady’s Brother and Sister, and a Child of the Name of Avis, Aged One Year](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poems_on_various_subjects_religious_and_moral_se/chapters/to-a-gentleman-and-lady-on-the-death-of-the-lady-s-brother-and-sister-and-a-child-of-the-name-of-avis-aged-one-year.md)
- [On the Death of Dr. Samuel Marshall. 1771](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poems_on_various_subjects_religious_and_moral_se/chapters/on-the-death-of-dr-samuel-marshall-1771.md)
- [To a Gentleman on His Voyage to Great-Britain for the Recovery of His Health](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poems_on_various_subjects_religious_and_moral_se/chapters/to-a-gentleman-on-his-voyage-to-great-britain-for-the-recovery-of-his-health.md)
- [To the Rev. Dr. Thomas Amory, on Reading His Sermons on Daily Devotion, in Which That Duty Is Recommended and Assisted](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poems_on_various_subjects_religious_and_moral_se/chapters/to-the-rev-dr-thomas-amory-on-reading-his-sermons-on-daily-devotion-in-which-that-duty-is-recommended-and-assisted.md)
- [On the Death of J. C. An Infant](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poems_on_various_subjects_religious_and_moral_se/chapters/on-the-death-of-j-c-an-infant.md)
- [An Hymn to Humanity](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poems_on_various_subjects_religious_and_moral_se/chapters/an-hymn-to-humanity.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poems_on_various_subjects_religious_and_moral_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poems_on_various_subjects_religious_and_moral_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poems_on_various_subjects_religious_and_moral_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poems_on_various_subjects_religious_and_moral_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poems_on_various_subjects_religious_and_moral_se/chapters/v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poems_on_various_subjects_religious_and_moral_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [To the Honourable T. H. Esq.; On the Death of His Daughter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poems_on_various_subjects_religious_and_moral_se/chapters/to-the-honourable-t-h-esq-on-the-death-of-his-daughter.md)
- [Niobe in Distress for Her Children Slain by Apollo, from Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Book VI and from a View of the Painting of Mr. Richard Wilson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poems_on_various_subjects_religious_and_moral_se/chapters/niobe-in-distress-for-her-children-slain-by-apollo-from-ovid-s-metamorphoses-book-vi-and-from-a-view-of-the-painting-of-mr-richard-wilson.md)
- [To S. M. A Young African Painter, on Seeing His Works](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poems_on_various_subjects_religious_and_moral_se/chapters/to-s-m-a-young-african-painter-on-seeing-his-works.md)
- [To His Honour the Lieutenant-Governor, on the Death of His Lady. March 24, 1773](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poems_on_various_subjects_religious_and_moral_se/chapters/to-his-honour-the-lieutenant-governor-on-the-death-of-his-lady-march-24-1773.md)
- [A Farewel to America. To Mrs. S. W.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poems_on_various_subjects_religious_and_moral_se/chapters/a-farewel-to-america-to-mrs-s-w.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poems_on_various_subjects_religious_and_moral_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poems_on_various_subjects_religious_and_moral_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poems_on_various_subjects_religious_and_moral_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poems_on_various_subjects_religious_and_moral_se/chapters/v.md)
- [Chapter VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poems_on_various_subjects_religious_and_moral_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poems_on_various_subjects_religious_and_moral_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poems_on_various_subjects_religious_and_moral_se/chapters/viii.md)
- [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poems_on_various_subjects_religious_and_moral_se/chapters/ix.md)
- [X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poems_on_various_subjects_religious_and_moral_se/chapters/x.md)
- [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poems_on_various_subjects_religious_and_moral_se/chapters/xi.md)
- [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poems_on_various_subjects_religious_and_moral_se/chapters/xii.md)
- [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poems_on_various_subjects_religious_and_moral_se/chapters/xiii.md)
- [A Rebus, by I. B.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poems_on_various_subjects_religious_and_moral_se/chapters/a-rebus-by-i-b.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poems_on_various_subjects_religious_and_moral_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poems_on_various_subjects_religious_and_moral_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poems_on_various_subjects_religious_and_moral_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [An Answer to the Rebus, by the Author of These Poems](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poems_on_various_subjects_religious_and_moral_se/chapters/an-answer-to-the-rebus-by-the-author-of-these-poems.md)
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poems_on_various_subjects_religious_and_moral_se/chapters/endnotes.md)

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