Memoir and Poems of Phillis Whe - African American History

Memoir and Poems of Phillis Wheatley 86
24.03.2006
Boston, May 7th, 1773.
Page 102
A BIRD delicious to the taste,
On which an army once did feast,
Sent by a hand unseen;
A creature of the horned race,
Which Britain's royal standards grace;
A gem of vivid green;
A REBUS.
By J. B.
A town of gaiety and sport,
Where beaux and beauteous nymphs resort,
And gallantry doth reign;
A Daraan hero famed of old
For youth and beauty, as we're told,
And by a monarch slain;
A peer of popular applause,
Who doth our violated laws
And grievances proclaim.
The initials show a vanquished town,
That adds fresh glory and renown
To old Britannia's fame.
AN ANSWER TO THE REBUS.
By the Author of these Poems.
THE poet asks, and Phillis can't refuse
To shew th' obedience of the Infant Muse.