Anne Bradstreet

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If ever two were one, then surely we.
If ever man were loved by wife, then thee.
If ever wife was happy in a man,
Compare with me, ye women, if you can.

Anne Bradstreet

To my Dear and Loving Husband

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Topic

True love

Author

Anne Bradstreet

Source

To my Dear and Loving Husband

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1672 1670s 17th century

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Original Citation

Bradstreet, Anne. "To my Dear and Loving Husband." Several Poems Compiled with Great Variety of Wit and Learning, Full of Delight. Boston: John Foster, 1678, I. 1.

Current Citation

Bradstreet, Anne. "To my Dear and Loving Husband." To My Husband and Other Poems, edited by Robert Hutchinson. Dover Publications, 2011.

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

Anne Bradstreet

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Topic

Exercise of power Illegitimate authority Lack of wisdom Wisdom

Author

Anne Bradstreet

Source

Meditations Divine and Moral

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1867 1860s 19th century

Authentication Score 1

Original Citation

Bradstreet, Anne. Meditations Divine and Moral. c. 1664, st. 12.

Current Citation

Bradstreet, Anne. "Meditations Divine and Moral." The Works of Anne Bradstreet. Harvard University Press, 1967, st. 12.

Youth is the time of getting, middle age of improving, and old age of spending.

Anne Bradstreet

Meditations Divine and Moral

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Topic

Stages of life

Author

Anne Bradstreet

Source

Meditations Divine and Moral

Language

English

Time

1867 1860s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Bradstreet, Anne. Meditations Divine and Moral. c. 1664, st. 3.

Current Citation

Bradstreet, Anne. "Meditations Divine and Moral." The Works of Anne Bradstreet. Harvard University Press, 1967, st. 3.