Poem by Anne Bradstreet

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May 13, 1657.

As spring the winter doth succeed,
And leaues the naked Trees doe dresse,
The earth all black is cloth'd in green;
At svn-shine each their joy expresse.
My Svns returned with healing wings.
My Soul and Body doth rejoice;
My heart exvlts, and praises sings
To him that heard my wailing Voice.
My winters past, my stormes are gone,
And former clowdes seem now all fled;
But, if they mvst eclipse again,
I'le rvn where I was succoured.
I haue a shelter from the storm,
A shadow from the fainting heat;
I haue accesse vnto his Throne,
Who is a God so wondrous great.
O hast thou made my Pilgrimage
Thvs pleasant, fair, and good;
Bless'd me in Youth and elder Age,
My Baca made a springing flood?
I studiovs am what I shall doe,
To show my Duty with delight;
All I can giue is but thine own,
And at the most a simple mite.

1. In Thankful Remembrance for My Dear Husband’s Safe Arrival
2. To Her Most Honoured Father Thomas Dudley Esq; These Humbly Presented
3. For the Restoration of My Dear Husband from a Burning Ague, June, 1661
4. In Reference to Her Children, 23 June 1659
5. My Thankfull Heart with Glorying Tongue

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