As Spring The Winter Doth Succeed Poem by Anne Bradstreet

As Spring The Winter Doth Succeed

Rating: 2.9


May 13, 1657.
As spring the winter doth succeed,
And leaues the naked Trees doe dresse,
The earth all black is cloth'd in green;
At svn-shine each their joy expresse.
My Svns returned with healing wings.
My Soul and Body doth rejoice;
My heart exvlts, and praises sings
To him that heard my wailing Voice.
My winters past, my stormes are gone,
And former clowdes seem now all fled;
But, if they mvst eclipse again,
I'le rvn where I was succoured.
I haue a shelter from the storm,
A shadow from the fainting heat;
I haue accesse vnto his Throne,
Who is a God so wondrous great.
O hast thou made my Pilgrimage
Thvs pleasant, fair, and good;
Bless'd me in Youth and elder Age,
My Baca made a springing flood?
I studiovs am what I shall doe,
To show my Duty with delight;
All I can giue is but thine own,
And at the most a simple mite.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Adeeb Alfateh 25 July 2019

My winters past, my stormes are gone, And former clowdes seem now all fled; But, if they mvst eclipse again, superb great write great 10++++++++++++++

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Sylvia Frances Chan 20 July 2021

2) and with an ironic touch she ends with 'mite', sobriety wakes up again

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Sylvia Frances Chan 20 July 2021

1) So much inner happiness because the poetess believes in God and is intensely happy with the nature around her, she expresses herself in the language of her time,

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Sylvia Frances Chan 19 July 2021

I am mesmerized by this Classic Poem Of The Day, such a Beauty! 5 Stars full

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Sylvia Frances Chan 19 July 2021

Congratulations being chosen as The Classic Poem Of The Day.5 Stars full

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Ratnakar Mandlik 25 July 2019

" My soul and body doth rejoice My heart exvits and praises sings" An amazing nature poem rejoicing the transformations of it's manifestations brought about by nature with chanding seasons.

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Anne Bradstreet

Anne Bradstreet

Northampton, England
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