Opening lines from poems written in this state include "Make me, O Lord, thy Spinning Wheel complete," and (*) "Thou ill-formed offspring of my feeble brain."
A poem written in this state addresses a "venom Elf" whose "whorle pins do not clasp" a wasp for fear "he should fling / His sting." A poet from this state wrote a poem addressed to a "rambling brat" who was "snatchedÂ… by friends, less wise than true." Opening lines from poems written in this state include "Make me, O Lord, thy Spinning Wheel complete," and (*) "Thou ill-formed offspring of my feeble brain." This modern-day state was home to the author of "Huswifery," Edward Taylor, as well as to a poet who wrote "I prize thy love more than whole mines of gold" and "if ever two were one, then surely we" in the poem "To My Dear and Loving Husband." For 10 points, name this modern-day state where The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America was written by Anne Bradstreet.
A poem written in this state addresses a "venom Elf" whose "whorle pins do not clasp" a wasp for fear "he should fling / His sting.
Massachusetts