Table of Contents
Anne Bradstreet and Her Poetry Adrienne Rich ix
Anne Bradstreet's Wreath of Thyme Jeannine Hensley xxiii
Note on the Text xli
Chronology of Anne Bradstreet's Life xlv
The works of Anne Bradstreet
[Poems Printed in the First Two Editions]
Epistle to the Reader John Woodbridge 1
Introductory Verses, by Nathaniel Ward, John Rogers, and Others 3
To Her Most Honoured Father 13
The Prologue 15
The Folic Elements 18
Of the Four Humours 34
Of the Four Ages 54
The Four Seasons 69
The Four Monarchies 78
The Assyrian Being the First 78
The Second Monarchy, Being the Persian 99
The Third Monarchy, Being the Grecian 130
The Roman Monarchy, Being the Fourth 186
A Dialogue between Old England and New 191
An Elegy Upon Sir Philip Sidney 201
In Honour of Du Bartas 205
In Honour of Queen Elizabeth 209
David's Lamentation 214
To the Memory of Thomas Dudley Esq. 216
An Epitaph on Mrs. Dorothy Dudley 219
Contemplations 220
The Flesh and the Spirit 231
The Vanity of All Worldly Things 235
The Author to Her Book 238
[Poems Inserted Posthumously in the 1678 Edition]
Upon a Fit of Sickness 240
Upon Some Distemper of Body 242
Before the Birth of One of Her Children 243
To My Dear and Loving Husband 245
A Letter to Her Husband 246
Another 248
Another 250
To Her Father with Some Verses 252
In Reference to Her Children 253
In Memory of Elizabeth Bradstreet 257
In Memory of Anne Bradstreet 258
On Simon Bradstreet 259
In Memory of Mrs. Mercy Bradstreet 260
[The Andover Manuscripts, First Printed 1867]
To My Dear Children 262
Occasional Meditations 268
By Night When Others Soundly Slept 268
For Deliverance from a Fever 270
From Another Sore Fit 271
Deliverance from a Fit of Fainting 272
Meditations 273
July 8, 1656 274
August 28, 1656 277
May 11, 1657 278
May 13, 1657 279
September 30, 1657 280
Upon My Son Samuel 281
May 11, 1661 282
For the Restoration of My Dear Husband 284
Upon My Daughter Hannah Wiggin 285
On My Son's Return 286
Upon My Dear and Loving Husband 288
In My Solitary Hours 290
In Thankful Acknowledgment 293
In Thankful Remembrance 294
For My Dear Son Simon Bradstreet 295
Meditations Divine and Moral 296
Upon the Burning of Our House 318
As Weary Pilgrim 321
Selected Bibliography 323
