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“Liberty and Peace,” by Phillis Wheatley, is a sixty-six-line meditation celebrating the genesis of the United States of America as a country separate from Great Britain: “Lo! Freedom comes.”
- Phillis Wheatley
Born in western Africa, Phillis Wheatley was kidnapped by...
- Phillis Wheatley
Liberty and Peace, A Poem. By Phillis Wheatley, 1753-1784. Boston: Printed by Warden and Russell, at their office in Marlborough-Street, 1784.
Descending Peace the Power of War confounds; From every Tongue coelestial Peace resounds: As from the East th' illustrious King of Day, With rising Radiance drives the Shades away, So Freedom comes array'd with Charms divine, And in her Train Commerce and Plenty shine.
We start this pick of the best poems about freedom with an unusual choice: a poem that is about the value of being restricted or confined. Wordsworth considers some examples of people who actually prefer to have a ‘scanty plot of ground’, much as the sonnet-writer makes do with just 14 lines.
In 1784, a year after the formal peace with Britain, Phillis published “Liberty and Peace,” her ode to victory. Her poem captured the same spirit of hope and majesty she expressed in her 1775 poem to Washington, and the last lines provide a lasting tribute to the cause of liberty in the American Revolution: “To every Realm shall Peace her ...
Liberty and peace, a poem. / By Phillis Peters. Author. Wheatley, Phillis, 1753-1784. Publication. Boston: :: Printed by Warden and Russell, at their office in Marlborough-Street., M,DCC,LXXXIV. [1784] Rights/Permissions.
26 Μαΐ 2019 · Liberty and Peace by Phillis Wheatley Poem Overview. I believe that the poem was referring to America’s separation from Britain. In the first two lines the poem goes; LO! Freedom comes. Th’prescient Muse foretold, All Eyes th’ accomplish’d Prophecy behold (Peters 1-2).
