Sarah Parsons Moorhead (died December 1774)[1] was an American poet, artist, and polemicist active during the Great Awakening in the 18th century.
Her poems critique the itinerant ministers of the Great Awakening and demonstrate the emergence of women's voices during that time.
It expresses concern at the excesses of the Great Awakening: "dear sacred Tennant, pray beware, / Least too much terror, prove to some a snare.
[2][5] Her poem features a dream vision depicting Davenport's entrance into Heaven, and his subsequent plea for pardon from the churches that he carelessly influenced.
[2][7] A postscript to the poem also scolds controversial itinerant clergyman Andrew Croswell for his criticisms of the settled clergy.
[5] In the April 18, 1748 issue of the Boston Evening Post, Moorhead advertised herself as a teacher of "drawing, japanning, and painting on glass."