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
american-poet
If what I do prove well, it won't advance. They'll say it's stolen, or else it was by chance.
authority bruise fitter heavy wisdom
Authority without wisdom is like a heavy ax without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish.
brain brains feeble offspring thou
Thou ill-form,d offspring of my feeble brain . . .
lying treasure
My hope and treasure lies above
wise spiritual evil
There is no object that we see; no action that we do; no good that we enjoy; no evil that we feel, or fear, but we may make some spiritual advantage of all: and he that makes such improvement is wise, as well as pious.