Puritan Poetry: ”As Weary Pilgrim Now at Rest,” by Anne Bradstreet

In this season of Thanksgiving, we remember those famous Pilgrims who dared to leave comfort, home, family and the safe structures of society to establish a new life in a new world. This month we celebrate and remember the courage, love and devotion, the strength and sacrifice that founded our country.

In this first poem, "As Weary Pilgrim Now at Rest," by Anne Bradstreet (1612-1672) the poet recognizes the difficulty of life in the New World and the blessedness of hope not, as often supposed, in eternal rest, but in the delight of new life in Christ, filled to overflowing with joy in God's presence and service.

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