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"If for thy Father askt, say, thou hadst none; And for thy Mother, she alas is poor, Which causd her thus to send thee out of door."
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Anne Bradstreet
Anne Bradstreet
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Anne Bradstreet was among the most prominent of early English poets of North America and the first writer in England's North American colonies to be published. She is the first Puritan figure in American literature and notable for her large corpus of poetry, as well as personal writings published posthumously.
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"Such cold mean flowers the spring puts forth betime, Before the sun hath thoroughly heat the clime."
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"Sister," quoth Flesh, "what livst thou on Nothing but Meditation?"
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"Leave not thy nest, thy dam and sire, Fly back and sing amidst this choir."
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"The principal might yield a greater sum, Yet handled ill, amounts but to this crumb;"
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"Authority without wisdom is like a heavy axe without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish."
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"Youth is the time of getting, middle age of improving, and old age of spending."
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"If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome."
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"Fire hath its force abated by water, not by wind; and anger must be allayed by cold words, and not by blustering threats."
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"What to my Saviour shall I give Who freely hath done this for me? Ill serve him here whilst I shall live And Loue him to Eternity"
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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."
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