I lived from 1612-1672. I was from America, and am in the Americas category.
Ann was born in Northampton, England. She was the daughter of Thomas Dudley, governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and in 1628 she married Simon Bradstreet, who later became governor of the colony. A housewife with eight children, she was also considered to be the first important poet in the American colonies. Her poems were published in 1650 as The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America, which is generally considered the first book of original poetry written in colonial America. Through it she asserted the right of women to learning and expression of thought. Although some of Bradstreet's verse is conventional, much of it is direct and shows sensitivity to beauty.
Popular poetry
- If ever two were one, then surely we.
If ever man were lov'd by wife, then thee.12 lines, 16 comments - My head, my heart, mine eyes, my life, nay, more,
My joy, my magazine* of earthly store, *storehouse26 lines, 4 comments - In silent night when rest I took,
For sorrow near I did not look,54 lines, 3 comments - In Memory of my Dear Grandchild Anne Bradstreet, who deceased June 20, 1699, being Three Years and SWith troubled heart and trembling hand I write.
The heavens have changed to sorrow my delight.18 lines, 1 comment - Thou ill-form'd offspring of my feeble brain,
Who after birth did'st by my side remain,24 lines, 3 comments - Cyrus Cambyses Son of Persia King,
Whom Lady Mandana did to him bring,979 lines - An EPITAPH On my dear and ever honoured Mother Mrs. Dorothy Dudley, who deceased Decemb. 27. 1643. aA worthy Matron of unspotted life,
A loving Mother and obedient wife,15 lines - Dear Sir of late delighted with the sight
Of your four Sisters cloth'd in black and white,45 lines - All things within this fading world hath end,
Adversity doth still our joys attend;28 lines, 3 comments
