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Born to the parents of Thomas Dudley and Dorothy Yorke, in England was a little girl that would one day changed the face of American literature. When she was just a teenager, she was affected with smallpox and as the later years would come she would be diagnosed with paralysis that took over her...

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Born to the parents of Thomas Dudley and Dorothy Yorke, in England was a little girl that would one day changed the face of American literature. When she was just a teenager, she was affected with smallpox and as the later years would come she would be diagnosed with paralysis that took over her...

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Born to the parents of Thomas Dudley and Dorothy Yorke, in England was a little girl that would one day changed the face of American literature. When she was just a teenager, she was affected with smallpox and as the later years would come she would be diagnosed with paralysis that took over her...

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"He that would be content with a mean condition must not cast his eye upon one that is in a far better estate than himself, but let him look upon him that is lower than he is, and, if he see that such a one bears poverty comfortably, it will help to quiet him."

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"Yet love thy dead, who long lay in thine arms, And when thy loss shall be repaid with gains Look to my little babes, my dear remains.”

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“Wisdom with an inheritance is good, but wisdom without an inheritance is better than an inheritance without wisdom.”

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“There is no object that we see, no action that we do, no good that we enjoy, no evil that we feel of fear, but we may make some spiritual advantage of all.”

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Anne Bradstreet was the first woman to be recognized as an accomplished New World Poet. Her volume of poetry The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America … received considerable …

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The Academy of American Poets is the largest membership-based nonprofit organization fostering an appreciation for contemporary poetry and supporting American poets. For over three generations, the Academy has connected millions of people to great poetry through programs such as National Poetry Month, the largest literary celebration in the world; Poets.org, the Academy’s popular website; American Poets, a biannual literary journal; and an annual series of poetry readings and special events. Since its founding, the Academy has awarded more money to poets than any other organization.

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Poems by Anne Bradstreet

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Sources

Old English Dictionary entry

https://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/Bradstreet-Anne

Christian History Magazine

https://www.christianhistoryinstitute.org/magazine/article/puritans-behind-the-myths/

Piece of Writing

http://www.puritansermons.com/poetry/anne01.htm

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Anne Bradstreet (March 20, 1612 – September 16, 1672) was know to be one of the most prominent of early English poets. She was the first female writer in the British North American colonies that as ever published. She was seen as a Puritan figure in the world of iterature. Her first volume of...

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I am obnoxious to each carping tongue
Who says my hand a needle better fits,
A Poet’s pen all scorn I should thus wrong,
For such despite they cast on Female wits.”

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