Friend o' the Poet, tried and leal, Wha, wanting thee, might beg, or steal: Alake! Alake! The meikle Deil Wi' a' his witches Are at it, skelpin! jig and reel, In my poor pouches. Fu' fain I, modestly, ...
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Click to open image viewer. Phillis Wheatley Peters (c. 1753 – 1784) was born in West Africa and captured by slave traders as a child, whereupon she was sold to John and Susanna Wheatley of Boston, ...