# Aurora — Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral character guide

> Aurora in Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral by Phillis Wheatley.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0018-an-hymn-to-the-morning

## Who they are

The Roman goddess of dawn, personified in hymns.

## Relationships

### [Unknown Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poems_on_various_subjects_religious_and_moral_se/characters/unknown_narrator)

_social_

Aurora, the dawn personified, is addressed by the narrator as a natural or mythological presence.

## In the story

### [To Maecenas](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poems_on_various_subjects_religious_and_moral_se/chapters/to-maecenas)

Referenced as 'bright Aurora' who purples the main, part of the imagery of lasting fame.

### [An Hymn to the Morning](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poems_on_various_subjects_religious_and_moral_se/chapters/an-hymn-to-the-morning)

The goddess of dawn, whose progress through the sky is celebrated.

### [An Hymn to the Evening](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poems_on_various_subjects_religious_and_moral_se/chapters/an-hymn-to-the-evening)

Mentioned as the dawn that will follow the night's rest.

### [On Imagination](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poems_on_various_subjects_religious_and_moral_se/chapters/on-imagination)

Imagined rising from Tithon's bed with glowing cheeks, representing the dawn that fancy can conjure.

### [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)

Referenced as a figure of earthly beauty that will give way to purer expression in the afterlife.

### [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)

Her thousand dyes are clouded by London's misty vapours.

### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poems_on_various_subjects_religious_and_moral_se/chapters/ix)

The dawn goddess whose colors are clouded by London's mist.

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