This person claims that “lurking behind the docile lamb” is an “unconquered lioness” who asserts, “I am!” in a poem by Naomi Long Madgett. Poems about this person’s life are divided into books like “Enlightenment,” “Awakening,” and “Voyage” in a 2020 collection by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers titled for the “Age” of this person. A poem addressed to this person intersperses Biblical verse numbers between instructions to “seek the living God” and “drink Samaria’s flood” after calling this person a (*) “pious youth.” A poem [emphasize] by this person demands “the grace and glory of thy martial band” and extols “A crown, a mansion, and a throne that shine.” This addressee of a poem by Jupiter Hammon credited “mercy” with bringing her from the “Pagan land” where she was enslaved. For 10 points, name this early Black female poet of “On Being Brought from Africa to America.” ■END■
ANSWER: Phillis Wheatley [or Phillis Wheatley Peters; prompt on Phillis or The Age of Phillis] (The first poem is “Phillis.”)
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