Not Fair

‘T IS very true, I thought you once as fair

As women in th’ idea are;*

Whatever here seems beauteous, seem’d to be

But a faint metaphor of thee:

But then, methoughts, there something shin’d within,

Which casts this lustre o’er thy skin;

Nor could I choose but count it the sun’s light,

Which made this cloud appear so bright.

But, since I knew thy falsehood and thy pride,

And all thy thousand faults beside,

A very Moor, methinks, plac’d near to thee,

White as his teeth would seem to be.

So men (they say) by hell’s delusions led,

Have ta’en a succubus to their bed;

Believe it fair, and themselves happy call,

Till the cleft foot discovers all:

Then they start from ‘t, half ghosts themselves with fear;

And devil, as ‘t is, doth appear.

So, since against my will I found thee foul,

Deform’d and crooked in thy soul,

My reason straight did to my senses shew,

That they might be mistaken too:

Nay, when the world but knows how false you are,

There’s not a man will think you fair;

Thy shape will monstrous in their fancies be,

They’ll call their eyes as false as thee.

Be what thou wilt, hate will present thee so,

As Puritans do the Pope, and Papists Luther do.

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• To His Honour the Lieutenant-Governor by Phillis Wheatley by Phillis Wheatley
• To Captain H—–d, of the 65th Regiment by Phillis Wheatley by Phillis Wheatley
• To A Lady On The Death Of The Three Relations by Phillis Wheatley by Phillis Wheatley
• To A Lady On The Death Of Her Husband by Phillis Wheatley by Phillis Wheatley
• To a Lady on Her Remarkable Preservation by Phillis Wheatley by Phillis Wheatley
• To a Lady on Her Coming to North-America by Phillis Wheatley by Phillis Wheatley
• To a Lady and Her Children by Phillis Wheatley by Phillis Wheatley
• To a Gentleman on His Voyage to Great-Britain by Phillis Wheatley by Phillis Wheatley
• To a Gentleman and Lady on the Death of the Lady’s Brother and Sister by Phillis Wheatley by Phillis Wheatley
• To A Clergyman On The Death Of His Lady by Phillis Wheatley by Phillis Wheatley
• Thoughts On The Works Of Providence by Phillis Wheatley by Phillis Wheatley
• One Being Brought From Africa To America by Phillis Wheatley by Phillis Wheatley
• On Virtue by Phillis Wheatley by Phillis Wheatley
• On the Death of the Rev. Dr. Sewell by Phillis Wheatley by Phillis Wheatley
• On The Death Of Rev. Mr. George Whitefield by Phillis Wheatley by Phillis Wheatley
• On The Death Of J. C. An Infant by Phillis Wheatley by Phillis Wheatley
• On The Death Of Dr. Samuel Marshall by Phillis Wheatley by Phillis Wheatley
• On The Death Of A Young Lady Of Five Years Of Age by Phillis Wheatley by Phillis Wheatley
• On the Death of a Young Gentleman by Phillis Wheatley by Phillis Wheatley
• On Recollection by Phillis Wheatley by Phillis Wheatley

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