In thankfull acknowledgment – by Anne Bradstreet. Although known as one of the first female writers to be published in the North America colonies, Anne Bradstreet was actually born in Northampton, England, in March 1612.
Her father Thomas Dudley and mother,Dorothy Yorke, were able to afford a very good education for Anne and she was well tutored in languages, literature and history. At the age of sixteen she was married to Simon Bradstreet.
In thankfull acknowledgment for the letters by Anne Bradstreet
O thou that hear’st the Prayers of Thine,
And ‘mongst them hast regarded Mine,
Hast heard my cry’s, and seen my Teares;
Hast known my doubts and All my ffeares.
Thov hast releiv’d my fainting heart,
Nor payd me after my desert;
Thov hast to shore him safely brovght
For whom I thee so oft besovght.
Thov wast the Pilott to the ship,
And rais’d him vp when he was sick;
And hope thov’st given of good successe,
In this his Buisnes and Addresse;
And that thov wilt return him back,
Whose presence I so much doe lack.
For All these mercyes I thee Praise,
And so desire ev’n all my Dayes.
