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"Here Follow Some Verses upon the Burning of Our House, July 10, 1666", commonly shortened to "Verses upon the Burning of Our House", is a poem by Anne Bradstreet. She wrote it to express the traumatic loss of her home and most of her possessions.
Anne was born in Northampton, England in 1612, the daughter of Thomas Dudley, a steward of the Earl of Lincoln, and Dorothy Yorke. [6]Due to her family's position, she grew up in cultured circumstances and was a well-educated woman for her time, being tutored in history, several languages, and literature.
"Contemplations" is a 17th-century poem by English colonist Anne Bradstreet. The poem's meaning is debated, with some scholars arguing that it is a Puritan religious poem while others argue that it is a Romantic poem.
The Tenth Muse, lately Sprung up in America [1] is a 1650 book of poetry by Anne Bradstreet.It was Bradstreet's only work published in her lifetime. Published purportedly without Bradstreet's knowledge, Bradstreet wrote to her publisher acknowledging that she knew of the publication.
Anne Bradstreet, America's first significant poet, wrote four quaternions: "Four Seasons" "Four Elements" (Fire, Earth, Water and Air) "Of the Four Humours of Man's Constitution" (sanguine, pragmatic, choleric and melancholic) "Of the Four Ages of Man" (Childhood, Youth, Manhood and Old Age) "The Four Monarchies" (Assyrian, Persian, Grecian ...
Widespread destruction from the L.A. fires was inevitable, given the drought and winds. Still, the region could have been better prepared.
Bradstreet's first posthumous edition. Anne Bradstreet, Several Poems Compiled with Great Variety of Wit and Learning, a reprint of The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America, published in Boston, Massachusetts (original volume published in London in 1650) with significant additions, including "Contemplations", said to be her best poem; original, full title: "The Tenth Muse, lately Sprung up ...
The last image we have of Patrick Cagey is of his first moments as a free man. He has just walked out of a 30-day drug treatment center in Georgetown, Kentucky, dressed in gym clothes and carrying a Nike duffel bag.