One poem in this collection mentions the uselessness of "your sword &amp; gun, your lance of steel / yourcannon... and your powder too" without "mine aid."
One poem in this collection mentions the uselessness of "your sword &amp; gun, your lance of steel / yourcannon... and your powder too" without "mine aid." Another poem compares the speaker's life to a "spider'sweb cut off," and was written about the author's "fit of fainting." A description of how "The Fire, Air,Earth, and Water did contest / Which was the strongest, noblest, and the best" opens its "Four Elements;"this collection also includes "four humours" and "four monarchies." The lines "the world no longer let melove; My hope and Treasure lies above" end another poem, whose speaker was "waken'd with thund'ringnoise" to the "fearful sound of 'fire' and 'fire.'" Later, this collection was emended with a poem addressingthe "ill-formed offspring of my feeble brain." For 10 points, name this collection that includes "VersesUpon the Burning of Our House," a major work by Anne Bradstreet.
One poem in this collection mentions the uselessness of "your sword &amp; gun, your lance of steel / yourcannon... and your powder too" without "mine aid."
The Tenth Muse, lately Sprung up in America, or Several Poems Compiled with Great Variety of Wit and Learning, Full of Delight, Wherein especially is Contained a Complete Discourse and Description of the Four Elements, Constitutions, Ages of Man, Seasons of the Year, together with an exact Epitome of the Four Monarchies, viz., The Assyrian, Persian, Grecian, Roman, Also a Dialogue between Old England and New, concerning the late troubles. With divers other pleasand and serious Poems, By a Gentlewoman in those parts