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Anne Bradstreet
1612 – September 16, 1672
Poetry Listing
Please Note: This list is not comprehensive, but is an ongoing work of the love of poetry.
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| | Poem Title | First Lines | Period | # Lines | # Reads | | 1: | A Dialogue Between Old England And New | Alas, dear Mother, fairest Queen and best, | | 302 | 733 | | 2: | A Funeral Elogy | Ask not why hearts turn Magazines of passions, | | 96 | 798 | | 3: | A Letter To Her Husband | My head, my heart, mine eyes, my life, nay more, | | 27 | 829 | | 4: | A Love Letter To Her Husband | Phoebus make haste, the day's too long, begone, | | 40 | 836 | | 5: | An Apology | To finish what's begun, was my intent, | | 20 | 817 | | 6: | An Elegie Upon That Honourable And Renowned Knight Sir Philip Sidney, Who Was Untimely Slain At The Siege Of Zutphen, Anno, 1586. | When England did enjoy her Halsion dayes, | | 92 | 727 | | 7: | An Epitaph On My Dear And Ever Honoured Mother Mrs. Dorothy Dudley, Who Deceased Decemb. 27. 1643. And Of Her Age, 61. | A worthy Matron of unspotted life, | | 14 | 771 | | 8: | Another | As loving hind that (hartless) wants her deer, | | 34 | 764 | | 9: | Before The Birth Of One Of Her Children | All things within this fading world hath end, | | 28 | 793 | | 10: | By Night When Others Soundly Slept | By night when others soundly slept | | 16 | 831 | | 11: | Contemplations | Some time now past in the Autumnal Tide, | | 78 | 719 | | 12: | Davids Lamentation For Saul And Jonathan. | Alas slain is the Head of Israel, | | 40 | 721 | | 13: | Deliverance From A Fit Of Fainting | Worthy art Thou, O Lord, of praise, | | 16 | 770 | | 14: | Deliverance From Another Sore Fit | In my distress I sought the Lord | | 28 | 717 | | 15: | Epitaphs | Here lies A worthy matron of unspotted life, | | 26 | 739 | | 16: | Here Follow Several Occasional Meditations | By night when others soundly slept, | | 16 | 710 | | 17: | In honour Of Du Bartas, 1641. | Among the happy wits this age hath shown | | 92 | 711 | | 18: | In Honour Of That High And Mighty Princess, Queen Elizabeth | Although great Queen, thou now in silence lie, | | 122 | 693 | | 19: | In Memory Of My Dear Grand-Child Elizabeth Bradstreet, Who Deceased August, 1665, Being A Year And Half Old. | Farewel dear babe, my hearts too much content, | | 14 | 949 | | 20: | In Memory Of My Dear Grandchild Anne Bradstreet, Who Deceased June 20, 1699, Being Three Years And Seven Months Old | With troubled heart and trembling hand I write. | | 18 | 792 | | 21: | In Reference To Her Children, 23 June 1659 | I had eight birds hatched in one nest, | | 93 | 707 | | 22: | In Thankful Remembrance For My Dear Husband's Safe Arrival Sept 3, 1662 | What shall I render to Thy name | | 24 | 713 | | 23: | Meditations Divine And Moral | A ship that bears much sail, and little ballast, is easily overset; | | 11 | 802 | | 24: | Of The Four Ages Of Man | Lo now four other act upon the stage, | | 452 | 679 | | 25: | Of The Four Humours In Mans Constitution. | The former four now ending their discourse, | | 609 | 663 | | 26: | On My Dear Grand-Child Simon Bradstreet, Who Dyed On 16. Novemb. 1669. Being But A Moneth, And One Day Old. | No sooner come, but gone, and fal'n asleep, | | 12 | 796 | | 27: | The Author To Her Book | Thou ill-form'd offspring of my feeble brain, | | 24 | 776 | | 28: | The Flesh And The Spirit | In secret place where once I stood | | 36 | 766 | | 29: | The Four Elements | The Fire, Air, Earth and Water did contest | | 484 | 782 | | 30: | The Four Monarchyes, The Assyrian Being The First, Beginning Under Nimrod, 131. Years After The Flood, | When time was young, & World in Infancy, | | 597 | 867 | | 31: | The Four Seasons Of The Year. | Another four I've left yet to bring on, | | 258 | 768 | | 32: | The Prologue | To sing of Wars, of Captains, and of Kings, | | 48 | 724 | | 33: | The Romane Monarchy, Being The Fourth And Last, Beginning Anno Mundi, 3213. | Stout Romulus, Romes founder, and first King, | | 108 | 761 | | 34: | The Second Monarchy, Being The Persian, Began Under Cyrus, Darius Being His Uncle And Father In-Law Reigned With Him About Two Years. | Cyrus Cambyses Son of Persia King, | | 968 | 704 | | 35: | The Third Monarchy, Being The Grecian, Beginning Under Alexander The Great In The 112. Olympiad. | Great Alexander was wise Philips son, | | 1824 | 698 | | 36: | The Vanity Of All Worldly Things. | As he said vanity, so vain say I, | | 56 | 849 | | 37: | To The Memory Of My Dear Daughter-In-Law, Mrs. Mercy Bradstreet, Who Deceased Sept. 6, 1669, In The 28. Year Of Her Age. | And live I still to see relations gone, | | 32 | 771 | | 38: | To Her Father With Some Verses | Most truly honoured, and as truly dear, | | 14 | 721 | | 39: | To Her Most Honoured Father | Dear Sir of late delighted with the sight | | 45 | 743 | | 40: | To The Memory Of My Dear And Ever Honoured Father, Thomas Dudley; Esq. Who Deceased, July 31. 1653. And Of His Age, 77. | By duty bound, and not by custome led | | 80 | 815 |
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Anne Bradstreet was the first notable American poet and the first woman to have her works published in Colonial America.
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