Anne Bradstreet (1612 - 1672)

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Anne Bradstreet was born in 1612 to a nonconformist former soldier of Queen Elizabeth, Thomas Dudley, who managed the affairs of the Earl of Lincoln. In 1630 he sailed with his family for America with the Massachusetts Bay Company. Also sailing was his associate and son-in-law, Simon Bradstreet. At 25, he had married Anne Dudley, 16, his childhood sweetheart. Anne had been well tutored in literature and history in Greek, Latin, French, Hebrew, as well as English. The voyage on the "Arbella" w.. Continue..

Some of Anne Bradstreet Poems

To My Dear And Loving Husband

By Night when Others Soundly Slept

Here Follows Some Verses upon the Burning of Our House

Prologue

The Author to her Book

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	Authority without wisdom is like a heavy ax without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish.

- Anne Bradstreet

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