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Anne Bradstreet, born on March 20, 1612, and died on September 16, 1672, was one of the most prominent poets in America before the American Revolutionary War. She is hailed as a pioneer of American poetry and her works are known for their religious themes and feminine perspective. Bradstreet's poetry holds a significant place in the history of American literature.

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Famous Anne Bradstreet Quotes

“Satan, that great angler, hath his sundry baits for sundry tempers of men, which they all catch greedily at, but few perceive the hook till it be too late.”

Men Late Perceive Satan Too Late Temper Hook Bait Anglers

Book:A woman's inner world: selected poetry and prose of Anne Bradstreet

Source: A woman's inner world: selected poetry and prose of Anne Bradstreet

“The stones and trees, insensible to time, / Nor age nor wrinkle on their front are seen; / If Winter come, and greenness then do fade / A Spring returns, and they more youthful made; / But man grows old, lies down, remains where once he's laid.”

Ifs Men Made Age Death Lying Grows Tree Fronts Return Spring Stones Remains Winter Fades Wrinkles Insensible

Book:The Works of Anne Bradstreet

Source: The Works of Anne Bradstreet

“But man grows old, lies down, remains where once he's laid.”

Men Death Lying Grows Remains Aging

Book:The Works of Anne Bradstreet in Prose and Verse

Source: The Works of Anne Bradstreet in Prose and Verse

“If ever two were one, then surely we. If ever man were lov'd by wife, then thee; If ever wife was happy in a man, Compare with me, ye women, if you can I prize thy love more than whole mines of Gold. Or all the riches that the East doth hold. My love is such that rivers cannot quench, Nor ought but love from thee, give recompense. Thy love is such I can no way repay, The heavens reward thee manifold repay, Then while we live, in love let's so persevere That when we live no more, we may live ever.”

Ifs Men Way Giving May I Can Two Whole Death Heaven Love Is Wife Mines Ought Rivers Gold Rewards East Riches Thee Compare Prize Persevere Manifold Quench Recompense

Book:To My Husband and Other Poems

Source: To My Husband and Other Poems

“Iron till it be thoroughly heated is incapable to be wrought; so God sees good to cast some men into the furnace of affliction, and then beats them on His anvil into what frame He desires.”

Men Desire Grace Beats Casts Iron Incapable Affliction Furnaces Anvils

Author:Anne Bradstreet

“If ever two were one, then surely we. If ever man were loved by wife, then thee.”

“O Time the fatal wrack of mortal things, That draws oblivion's curtains over kings; Their sumptuous monuments, men know them not, Their names without a record are forgot, Their parts, their ports, their pomps all laid in th' dust Nor wit nor gold, nor buildings scape time's rust; But he whose name is graved in the white stone Shall last and shine when all of these are gone.”

Knows Men Lasts Names White Gone Records Building Kings Draws Stones Gold Shining Wit Dust Mortals Curtains Oblivion Monument Port Rust Sumptuous Scapes

Book:The Works of Anne Bradstreet in Prose and Verse

Source: The Works of Anne Bradstreet in Prose and Verse

“If ever wife was happy in a man, compare with me, ye women if you can.”

Ifs Men Wife Compare Vow Husband And Wife Good Husband Wedding Vow Dear Love Loving Husband

Author:Anne Bradstreet

About the Author

Born: March 20, 1612
Died: September 16, 1672
Known for: Poet
Quotes: 51

Books & Sources

The Works of Anne BradstreetRelated source material

To My Husband and Other PoemsRelated source material

A woman's inner world: selected poetry and prose of Anne BradstreetRelated source material

The Works of Anne Bradstreet in Prose and VerseRelated source material

Anthology of American Literature, Volume 1: Colonial through RomanticRelated source material

The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America, Or, Severall Poems Compiled with Great Variety of Wit and Learning, Full of Delight: Wherein Especially Is ... Elements, Constitutions, Ages of Man, ...Related source material

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