The subject of an homage by John Berryman, she herself addressed an "ill-formed offspring of my feeble brain, / Who after birth dids't by my side remain" in her poem "The Author to Her Book."  
"Time holds up" this figure's "Heart against my eyes" after "the brown frock splits" and "down the pale flesh a gash / broadens."  After asking whether she is not ready, the speaker proclaims that she is and bids her to "Pass, / as shadow gathers shadow in the welling night" though "Fireflies of childhood torch" her down.  Later, the speaker "must pretend to leave" her because only she can "draw off / a benevolent phantom."  That poem begins by asking if she "moved not, restless, waiting for" "The (*) Governor your husband" who "lived so long."  The subject of an homage by John Berryman, she herself addressed an "ill-formed offspring of my feeble brain, / Who after birth dids't by my side remain" in her poem "The Author to Her Book."  For 10 points, name this early American poet who wrote the collection The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America.
"Time holds up" this figure's "Heart against my eyes" after "the brown frock splits" and "down the pale flesh a gash / broadens."  
Anne {Bradstreet} (accept "Homage to {Mistress Bradstreet}" before mentioned)