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CONTENTS
Acknowledgments vii
Introductions: On the Canon of American Poetry xxxi
Of Those "Who Live and Speak for Aye" xxxiii
I . THE COLONIAL ERA : TO 1775
JOHN SMITH
The Sea Marke 3
ROGER WILLIAMS
Of Eating and Entertainment 3
ANNE BRADSTREET
The Author to Her Book 4
To My Dear and Loving Husband 5
Some Verses upon the Burning of Our House, July 10th, 1666 5
Epitaphs for Queen Elizabeth 6
Contemplations 7
from The Four Ages of Man
Old Age 14
The Prologue 14
Anagrams 16
MICHAEL WIGGLESwORTH
from The Day of Doom 16
JOHN COTTON OF 'QUEEN'S CREEK'
Bacons Epitaph 18