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born
In 1612 Anne Bradstreet was born in England. -
married
She married at the age of 16 to Simon Bradstreet who was 25 at the time. -
america
She came to americain 1630 on the arabellaone of the first ships to bring people to new england -
poems
her poems were based on her children and her family -
had 8 children
Anne Bradstreet had 8 children when married to Simon Bradstreet. -
she wrote the poem To my Dear and Loving Husband
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 cAnneot quench,
Nor ought but love from thee give recompetence.
Thy love is such I can no way repay.
The heavens reward thee manifold, I pray.
Then while we live, in love let's so persever
That when we live no more, we m -
illness
After previously being infected by small pox she got an illness that made here paralised. -
died
She died from tuberculosis when she was 60 years old.
