ANNE BRADSTREET (1612 - 1672)
An early colonist in Massachusetts,Bradstreet was also Averica`s first pablished poet, the wife and dauther of governors of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and a mother of eight.
To My Dear and Loving Husband.
If ever two were one, then surely we.
If ever man were loved 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 cannot quench,
Nor ought but love from thee give recompense.
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 persevere
That when we live no more, we may live ever.
