Anne Bradstreet
Anne Bradstreet
Anne Bradstreet, née Dudley, was the most prominent of early English poets of North America and first female writer in England's North American colonies to be published. She was also a prominent Puritan figure in American Literature...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth20 March 1612
CountryUnited States of America
Anne Bradstreet quotes about
brain brains feeble offspring thou
Thou ill-form,d offspring of my feeble brain . . .
spring adversity winter
If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant.
leadership business authority-and-power
Authority without wisdom is like a heavy ax without an edge -- fitter to bruise than polish.
spring resurrection emblems
The spring is a lively emblem of the Resurrection.
famous-love love-is rivers
My love is such that Rivers cannot quench, Nor ought but love from thee, give recompence. Thy love is such I can no way repay, The heavens reward thee manifold I pray.
american-poet
If what I do prove well, it won't advance. They'll say it's stolen, or else it was by chance.