An Anthology of Infamous Love and God
“Hearts will never be practical until they are made unbreakable.” –Wizard of Oz
Table of Contents
Introduction
To my Dear and Loving Husband
Anne Bradstreet (1612-1672) is one of the most important figures in the history of American Literature and was born in Northampton, England.
Annabel Lee
Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American author, poet, editor and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement and was born in Boston, Massachusetts.
The Letters
John Adams (1735-1862) and Abigail Adams (1744-1818) exchanged over 1,100 letters, beginning during their courtship in 1762 and continuing throughout John’s political career and were born in Weymouth, Massachusetts.
Give all to Love
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) was an American essayist, lecturer, and poet, who led the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century and was born in Boston, Massachusetts.
Great God
Isaac Watts (1674-1748) was an English hymnwriter, theologian and logician born in Southampton, England.
From my Years Young in Days of Youth
William Bradford (1590-1657) was born in Yorkshire, England.
Meditation 8
Edward Taylor (1642-1729) was a colonial poet, pastor and physician from Leicestershire, England.
“I wish you would ever write me a letter half as long as I write you, and tell me, if you may, where your fleet are gone; what sort of defense Virginia can make against our common enemy; whether it is so situated as to make an able defense. Are not the gentry lords, and the common people vassals? Are they not like the uncivilized vassals Britain represents us to be? I hope their riflemen, who have shown themselves very savage and even blood-thirsty, are not a specimen of the generality of the people. I am willing to allow the colony great merit for having produced a Washington—but they have