Memoir and Poems of Phillis Whe - African American History
Memoir and Poems of Phillis Whe - African American History
Memoir and Poems of Phillis Whe - African American History
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<strong>Memoir</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Poems</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Phillis</strong> <strong>Whe</strong>atley 49<br />
24.03.2006<br />
And to thy Father tune the praise divine.<br />
TO A CLERGYMAN, ON THE DEATH OF<br />
HIS LADY.<br />
WHERE contemplation finds her sacred spring,<br />
<strong>Whe</strong>re heavenly music makes the arches ring,<br />
<strong>Whe</strong>re virtue reigns unsullied <strong>and</strong> divine,<br />
<strong>Whe</strong>re wisdom throned <strong>and</strong> all the graces shine,<br />
There sits thy spouse amidst the radiant throng,<br />
While praise eternal warbles on her tongue;<br />
There choirs angelic shout her welcome round,<br />
With perfect bliss <strong>and</strong> peerless glory crowned.<br />
While thy dear mate, no more to flesh confined,<br />
Exults, a blest, an heaven-ascended mind,<br />
Say, in thy breast shall floods <strong>of</strong> sorrow rise?<br />
Say, shall its torrents overwhelm thine eyes?<br />
Amid the seats <strong>of</strong> heaven a place is free,<br />
And angels open their bright ranks for thee;<br />
For thee they wait, <strong>and</strong> with expectant eye<br />
Thy spouse leans downward from the empyreal sky.<br />
"Oh come away, her longing spirit cries,<br />
"And share with me the raptures <strong>of</strong> the skies,<br />
"Our bliss divine to mortals is unknown;<br />
"Immortal life <strong>and</strong> glory are our own.<br />
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"There, too, may the dear pledges <strong>of</strong> our love<br />
"Arrive, <strong>and</strong> taste with us the joys above;<br />
"Attune the harp to more than mortal lays,<br />
"And join with us the tribute <strong>of</strong> our praise<br />
"To him who died stern justice to atone,