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maqsood8864859: Authority without wisdom is like a heavy ax without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish.
Anne Bradstreet
GordonTredgold: Authority without wisdom is like a heavy ax without an edge -- fitter to bruise than polish. - Anne Bradstreet
Ex_Rose6: 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 may live ever. -Anne Bradstreet
GordonTredgold: Authority without wisdom is like a heavy axe without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish. - Anne Bradstreet
gzumm10: “If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant.” –Anne Bradstreet
FraGuaR_: Spring has sprung.
"If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome." — Anne Bradstreet
MizzEdee: "If we had no winter, spring would not be so pleasant".
Anne Bradstreet
After the winter we have all had, this spring should be one of the best! Wishing you sunshine and joy even when our weather does not coincide with the calendar.
EthanHansenBHR: Anne Bradstreet once stated, "If we had not winter, the spring would not be so pleasant."
CallbackTerror: If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome. —Anne Bradstreet
TiftonGazette1: “If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant.” – Anne Bradstreet
LagunaEyes: "If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant." - Anne Bradstreet
Happy first day of spring!
TheQuoteSpot2: If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.
-Anne Bradstreet
EstelaGarcia_04: “If ever two were one, then surely we” (Anne Bradstreet)
HandyLock: "If you have no winter, the spring would not be so important." Anne Bradstreet
Mary_McCray: First American ars poetica, "The Author to Her Book" Anne Bradstreet
Mary_McCray: "my magazine of earthly store"
Anne Bradstreet
Mary_McCray: "tell my griefs in either hemisphere"
Another letter, Anne Bradstreet
drwilliams7777: "If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome."
ANNE BRADSTREET
challies: "No friend I have like Thee to trust, for mortal helps are brittle dust." (Anne Bradstreet)
NicoleOutside: "If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would
not be so welcome."
Anne Bradstreet
Surazeus: My ancestor Anne Bradstreet, born March 8, 1612 in Northampton, England, migrated to America on the ship Arbella, landing at Pioneer Village in Salem, Massachusetts in June 1630.
Her book of poems The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America was published 1650 in London.
dcl_inc1: "If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome." — Anne Bradstreet
LibraryAmerica: Today we celebrate the birthday of Anne Bradstreet, the first published poet in England’s North American colonies. “Sometimes, her poems enter the interesting zone where plain truth testifies to the strange extremes of life itself,” wrote Robert Pinsky.
cgeclectics: "If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome." — Anne Bradstreet
A2zSportsNew: The Scandal of Studying 14 | Matthew Mullins on Anne Bradstreet -
TheHistoryOfTh2: I admit, I'm a little put off that there isn't more widespread celebration of Anne Bradstreet's birthday today. Bradstreet was the daughter of Thomas Dudley, the tough-minded Puritan rival of John Winthrop, and (arguably) the first published North American poet.
rodjnaquin: ......same.....
The Author to Her Book
BY ANNE BRADSTREET
mccneb: "If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant." — Anne Bradstreet
thisquiethour: “If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome."
― Anne Bradstreet
RodFrank12: "If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant."
- Anne Bradstreet
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jfoster58: "If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome."
ANNE BRADSTREET
MaggieMackBooks: Authority without wisdom is like a heavy ax without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish.
Anne Bradstreet
wmfrenchbuyers: Happy First Day of Spring!
“If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.” -Anne Bradstreet
Surazeus: Anne Dudley Bradstreet.
Bryan15106503: If we had no winter spring would not be so pleasant.
Anne Bradstreet
AnnieWHistory: "I wash’d thy face, but more defects I saw,
And rubbing off a spot, still made a flaw."
I read this lovely poem today, The Author to Her Book, written by Anne Bradstreet in the 17th century, but it will forever ring true:
ShaunDarren1: If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant. ~ Anne Bradstreet
BeineckeLibrary: Anne Bradstreet
Several poems compiled with great variety of wit and learning, full of delight : wherein especially is contained a compleat discourse, and description of the four elements constitutions, ages of man, seasons of the year
edpearce080759: The Puritan poetess Anne Bradstreet was born on March 20, 1612. The first American female writer, her first volume of poetry The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America was published in 1650. It was widely read in America and England.
HollieAnnie: “If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome."
~ Anne Bradstreet
GordonTredgold: Authority without wisdom is like a heavy ax without an edge -- fitter to bruise than polish. - Anne Bradstreet
TeamDonaldson: " If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome. "
Anne Bradstreet
YourGiftofLife1: " If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome. "
Anne Bradstreet
BeamingBooksMN: In a time when women were expected to stay silent, Anne Bradstreet wrote poems by candlelight after her children went to bed. Poet, Pilgrim, Rebel is the inspiring story of a Puritan woman whose passion for writing broke barriers.
cgcromer08: “If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant.” –Anne Bradstreet
Barbara62931925: The Works of Anne Bradstreet (The John Harvard Library) ZDTXF6N
rgtrendsetter: Authority without wisdom is like a heavy ax without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish.
-Anne Bradstreet
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GordonTredgold: Authority without wisdom is like a heavy axe without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish. - Anne Bradstreet
Teknity4993: Sweet words are like honey, a little may refresh, but too much gluts the stomach.,Anne Bradstreet,flattery, praise, words,
qwe922346: “If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant.” –Anne Bradstreet
reminder_day_: "If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome."
Anne Bradstreet
gzumm10: “If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant.” –Anne Bradstreet
kwingajr415: Authority without wisdom is like a heavy axe without an edge fitter to bruise than to polish.,Anne Bradstreet,decisions,
crossway: And the Person who gave life, and is always giving life to me, did the same for Bradstreet and the same for everyone else.
IDAC_TohokuUniv: “If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.”
- Anne Bradstreet (early English poet of North America and first writer in England's North American colonies)
Have a great weekend everyone!
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edpearce080759: The Puritan poetess Anne Bradstreet was born on March 20, 1612. The first American female writer, her first volume of poetry The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America was published in 1650. It was widely read in America and England.
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AsmitaParashar: "If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome." (Anne Bradstreet)
WhyBonsai: "If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome" -- Anne Bradstreet
fctyah: “If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant.” –Anne Bradstreet
theCoachingblog: "If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome." (Anne Bradstreet)
funfact90419767: If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome. (Anne Bradstreet)
kodirjanovich: If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.
Anne Bradstreet
StayInspiredBot: If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome. - Anne Bradstreet
PomptonLakesHS: “If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.” -- Anne Bradstreet
homeworkhurdle: • Anne Bradstreet’s Use Of The Metaphor/Extended Metaphor In “The Author To Her Book”
GordonTredgold: Authority without wisdom is like a heavy axe without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish. - Anne Bradstreet
ShaunLKelly1955: “If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome." ― Anne Bradstreet, The Works of Anne Bradstreet.
GordonTredgold: Authority without wisdom is like a heavy ax without an edge -- fitter to bruise than polish. - Anne Bradstreet
Borderer_Yankee: Puritans, who I have felt most akin to, make up at best 1/4 of my actual genealogy, but in that small portion is my earliest ancestors here and many politicians, commanders, soldiers, ministers, etc. Such people as John Cotton, Edward Winslow, Myles Standish, Anne Bradstreet, etc
the_stars_100: "If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome."
Anne Bradstreet
LibRoosevelt: Happy women’s history month! Celebrate with us at this amazing online lecture on Anne Bradstreet the founder of American poetry! Register here:
RBrookhiser: Well, if we're going way back, Cooper, Irving, Anne Bradstreet.
TJ was a great writer from the south. So arguably was Lincoln. BF is all north. Tom Paine--mid-Atlantic.
gleason20cbgr: Poet, Pilgrim, Rebel: The Story of Anne Bradstreet, America's First Published Poet R6N1M5A
AltonMOnews: Thoughtful Tuesday. With spring right around the corner, here's a wise quote to think about: "If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome." — Anne Bradstreet
pradeshonline: On my Beloved And Loving Husband Of the Anne Bradstreet -
wissamlovee2222: “If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant.” –Anne Bradstreet
fctyah: “If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant.” –Anne Bradstreet
rvannest: "My heart I wholly give to Thee,
Oh make it fruitful, faithful Lord.
My life shall dedicated be
To praise in thought, in deed, in word."
- Anne Bradstreet
ahajpo1234: “If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant.” –Anne Bradstreet
SHERYLS92549385: Hello! I wanted to share a poem-turned-riddle I have used to great effect in a campaign a few years back! I'm fairly proud of this one, it's an edited version of the first verse of The Four Elements by Anne Bradstreet.
Danenbarger: 10 of the Best Anne Bradstreet Quotations
tweetninja_io: "If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome" -- Anne Bradstreet
lamexeri: Long-Term Love
Long-term love is a different kind of love. It is built on a foundation of trust, respect, and commitment. The poem "To My Dear and Loving Husband" by Anne Bradstreet describes the love that has stood the test of time:
LasantaDulce: “To My Dear and Loving Husband" by Anne Bradstreet
Thy love is such I can no way repay;
The heavens reward thee manifold, I pray.” Check out my song DIme
YHayaux: If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant (Anne Dudley Bradstreet)
ShehnazIK92: "The love is such I can no way repay
The heavens reward the manifold, I pray
Then while we live, in love let’s so persever
That when we live no more, we may live forever"
Anne Bradstreet
YHayaux: If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant
(Anne Dudley Bradstreet)
GordonTredgold: Authority without wisdom is like a heavy ax without an edge -- fitter to bruise than polish. - Anne Bradstreet
MazenN93: "If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome" -- Anne Bradstreet
TargetBreakers_: "If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome."
Anne Bradstreet
platospupil: “If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.” Anne Bradstreet
MotivAppBot: If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.
[Anne Bradstreet]
Temigrl: “If we had no winter ❄️, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome."
- Anne Bradstreet
maaaaaa6658: “If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant.” –Anne Bradstreet
GordonTredgold: Authority without wisdom is like a heavy axe without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish. - Anne Bradstreet
amouthfulofair: ‘Can you hear how clipped these lines are? How spare? Nearly every word is a single syllable. There are no adjectives, no ornamentation, and absolutely no self-pity.’
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