Anne Bradstreet: ”To my Dear and Loving Husband” & ”Epitaph on a Patriot”

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 "To my Dear and Loving Husband" Anne Bradstreet expresses the sort of love for her husband that few experience, and that true lovers instantly recognize. We see in these words a reflection of our own capacity to give and receive the richest of God's blessings on humanity, the powerful and undying love of a spouse.

In "Epitaph on a Patriot" we recognize a life of conviction, strength and commitment, values largely out of favor in today's marshmallow world. It is an epitaph I would gladly have spoken of me.

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