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The Reformation · 1650; enlarged posthumously 1678
The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America
Anne Bradstreet · c. 1612–1672
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What it is
Poems on faith, marriage, the deaths of grandchildren, and the burning of her house — published in London by her brother-in-law without her knowledge.
Why it lasted
The first published book of poetry by an English settler in North America, and by a woman.
Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.
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