(LITERATURE) Phillis Wheatley Hymn to the Morning

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(LITERATURE.) Phillis Wheatley. Hymn to the Morning, in the September 1773 issue of The London Magazine. Pages [417]-468. 8vo, disbound; with the folding music plate but lacking the 2 other plates (none of them relating to Wheatley), minimal wear. London, September 1773

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Features a short review of Wheatley's recently published "Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral": "When we consider them as the productions of a young untutored African, who wrote them after six months casual study of the English language and of writing, we cannot suppress our admiration of talents so vigorous and lively. . . . As our readers may be curious enough to wish for a specimen of this Afric Muse's poetry, we subjoin the following." This is followed by her poem "Hymn to the Morning."