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The works of Anne Bradstreet in prose and verse

Bradstreet, Anne (1612?-1672)

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RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCES AND OCCASIONAL PIECES.
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POEMS.
 
[Mercury shew'd Apollo, Bartas Book]
 
To my dear Sister, the Author of these Poems.
 
Vpon the Author; by a known Friend.
 
[I cannot wonder at Apollo now]
 
In praise of the Author, Mistris Anne Bradstreet, Virtues true and lively Pattern, Wife of the Worshipfull Simon Bradstreet Esq;
 
Upon the Author.
 
Another to Mrs. Anne Bradstreet, Author of this Poem.
 
[So Bartas like thy fine spun Poems been]
An Anagram.
 
VPON Mrs. Anne Bradstreet Her Poems, &c.
 
To her most Honoured Father Thomas Dudley Esq; these humbly presented.
 
THE PROLOGUE.
 
The Four Elements.
 
Of the four Humours in Mans Constitution.
 
Of the four Ages of Man.
 
The four Seasons of the Year.
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[The four Monarchies]
 
A Dialogue between Old England and New; concerning their present Troubles, Anno, 1642.
 
An Elegie upon that Honourable and renowned Knight Sir Philip Sidney, who was untimely slain at the Siege of Zutphen, Anno, 1586.
 
In honour of Du Bartas, 1641.
 
In Honour of that High and Mighty Princess Queen Elizabeth OF HAPPY MEMORY.
 
Davids Lamentation for Saul and Jonathan.
 
To the Memory of my dear and ever honoured Father Thomas Dudley Esq; Who deceased, July 31. 1653. and of his Age, 77.
 
An EPITAPH On my dear and ever honoured Mother Mrs. Dorothy Dudley, who deceased Decemb. 27. 1643. and of her age, 61: Here lyes
 
CONTEMPLATIONS.
 
The Flesh and the Spirit.
 
The Vanity of all worldly things.
 
The Author to her Book.
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Several other Poems made by the Author upon Diverse Occasions, were found among her Papers after her Death, which she never meant should come to publick view; amongst which, these following (at the desire of some friends that knew her well) are here inserted
 
Upon a Fit of Sickness, Anno. 1632. Ætatis suæ, 19.
 
Vpon some distemper of body.
 
Before the Birth of one of her Children.
 
To my Dear and loving Husband.
 
A Letter to her Husband, absent upon Publick employment.
 
Another.
 
Another.
 
To her Father with some verses.
 
In reference to her Children, 23. June, 1656.
 
In memory of my dear grand-child Elizabeth Bradstreet, who deceased August, 1665. being a year and half old.
 
In memory of my dear grand-child Anne Bradstreet.
 
On my dear Grand-child Simon Bradstreet, Who dyed on 16. Novemb. 1669. being but a moneth, and one day old.
 
To the memory of my dear Daughter in Law, Mrs. Mercy Bradstreet, who deceased Sept. 6. 1669. in the 28. year of her Age.
 
A Funeral Elogy, Upon that Pattern and Patron of Virtue, the truely pious, peerless & matchless Gentlewoman Mrs. Anne Bradstreet, right Panaretes, Mirror of Her Age, Glory of her Sex, whose Heaven-born-Soul leaving its earthly Shrine, chose its native home, and was taken to its Rest, upon 16th. Sept. 1672.

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To her Father with some verses.

Most truly honoured, and as truly dear,
If worth in me, or ought I do appear,
Who can of right better demand the same?
Then may your worthy self from whom it came.
The principle might yield a greater sum,
Yet handled ill, amounts but to this crum;
My stock's so small, I know not how to pay,
My Bond remains in force unto this day;
Yet for part payment take this simple mite,
Where nothing's to be had Kings loose their right
Such is my debt, I may not say forgive,
But as I can, I'le pay it while I live:
Such is my bond, none can discharge but I,
Yet paying is not payd until I dye.
A. B.
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