 | 1844 - 576 pages
...the style of this talented and unfortunate black girl :— ON BEING BROUGHT FROM AFRICA TO AMERICA. Twas mercy brought me from my pagan land — Taught...there's a Saviour too : Once I redemption neither (ought nor knew. Some view our sable race with scornful eye, " Tlieir color is a diabolic dye." Remember,... | |
 | Edward Binns - 1844 - 58 pages
...the style of this talented and unfortunate black girl:— ON BEING BROUGHT FROM AFRICA TO AMERICA. '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 : Once I redemption neither sought nor knew. Some view our sable race... | |
 | 1967 - 504 pages
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 | Benson John Lossing - 1855 - 410 pages
...free institutions — his epitaph is in the memory of his deeds. PHILLIS WHEATLEY. PHILLIS WHEATLEY. " 'Twas mercy brought me from my pagan land, Taught my benighted soul to understand That there 'sa God — that there 'sa Saviour too ; Once I redemption neither sought nor knew." SO felt... | |
 | 1857 - 426 pages
...institutions — his epitaph la in the memory of his deeds. PHILLIS YTHEATLEY. 249 PHILLIS WHEATLEY. " 'Twos mercy brought me from my pagan land. Taught my benighted soul to understand That there >8 a God— that there ' n Saviour too; Ouce I redemption neither Bought nor knew." SO felt the... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1869 - 458 pages
...institutions — his epitaph is in the memory of his deeds. PHILLIS WHEATLEY. f PHILLIS WHEATLEY. " 'Tvras mercy brought me from my pagan land, Taught my benighted soul to understand That there 'sa God— that there >sa Saviour too ; Once I redemption neither sought nor knew." SO felt the... | |
 | 1874 - 408 pages
...appreciate their merit, and pass judgment upon the ability and character of their author. "AMERICA." " T'was mercy brought me from my Pagan land, Taught...race with scornful eye, Their color is a diabolic die ; Remember, Christians, negroes black aa Cain May be refined and join the angelic train." " HYMN... | |
 | William T. Alexander - 1800 - 662 pages
...forty-one years of age. The following is an extract from one of her poems previously referred to: " 'Twas mercy brought me from my pagan land, Taught...Saviour too; Once I redemption neither sought nor knew." Among other noticeable features in this touching story, we find that the great George Washington- —... | |
 | Edward Austin Johnson - 1891 - 414 pages
...poetry, letters and religion, and (exemplifies the capabilities of the race. She composed this verse : "'Twas mercy brought me from my Pagan land, Taught...a Saviour, too ; Once I redemption neither sought tior knew." Contrary to the Connecticut slaveholders' feigned unbelief in the intellectual capacity... | |
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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: Once I redemption neither sought nor knew. Some view our sable race with scornful eye, "Their colour is a diabolic die. 
