Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral · Concept
Virtue and Moral Guidance
Wheatley repeatedly exhorts readers to pursue virtue, piety, and moral rectitude, warning against sin and temptation, as seen in 'On Virtue' and 'To the University of Cambridge,' where she urges students to shun evil.
Wheatley repeatedly exhorts readers to pursue virtue, piety, and moral rectitude, warning against sin and temptation, as seen in 'On Virtue' and 'To the University of Cambridge,' where she urges students to shun evil.
The poem is a direct appeal to Virtue for moral guidance through youth and toward eternal life.
David's faith and courage serve as a moral example, contrasting with Goliath's pride and defiance.
The poem urges gratitude, prayer, and moral reflection, warning against neglecting the 'filial pray'r' and emphasizing the duty to praise God.
The poem urges the heart to glow with virtue and seek purity, guarded from sin through divine grace.
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Chapters
- On Virtue
- Goliath of Gath
- Thoughts on the Works of Providence
- An Hymn to the Evening
- On Recollection
- To Captain H⸺d, of the 65th Regiment
- To a Gentleman on His Voyage to Great-Britain for the Recovery of His Health
- To the Rev. Dr. Thomas Amory, on Reading His Sermons on Daily Devotion, in Which That Duty Is Recommended and Assisted
