Anne Bradstreet

Anne Bradstreet, an early American poet, born in Northampton, England, is considered to be the first significant woman author in the American

In Reference to Her Children, 23 June, 1659 [or 1659]

by Anne Bradstreet (c.1612–1672)

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I had eight birds hatcht in one nest.
Four Cocks there were, and Hens the rest,
I nurst them up with pain and care,
Nor cost, nor labour did I spare,
Till at the last they felt their wing,
Mounted the Trees, and learn'd to sing;
Chief of the Brood then took his flight,
To Regions far, and left me quite:
My mournful chirps I after send,

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