"Upon a Fit of Sickness" is Anne Bradstreet's earliest extant poem.

The
poet, Anne Bradstreet writes that it has been almost twenty years
since she was born, but now her "race is run" and her thread is
unspooled - She realizes that it is time for her death. The poem
exemplifies many of the concerns she explores throughout her career:
the Puritan focus on human suffering and eternal life, sickness, and the
ephemerality of mortal life. All humans must die and so will she; this
cannot change. God Himself spoke this command for Adam's sake
when He was provoked in the Garden of Eden.
Life is short, the poet says, so she wants to live in a state of "highest
bliss" and attain everything she craves. Earthly life is comprised of
trials and tribulations from the time that a person is born, and over the
course of his or her life, strength fades, time shortens, and everyone
finally ends up in a tomb. The poet wonders how long the bubbles of
human life will last; no sooner is one blown, then it bursts and is "dead
and gone."
While the poet is alive, she hopes that she might do well and that God
will grant her grace. Then, she will greet Death knowing it is best and
that it is His will. She will attain this great gain through pain and purity.
The last few lines of this poem show that the poet is certain about her
victory over her fever. She is confident and assured of her salvation.
Life will cease one day and she will take her place in Heaven, but that
day is not today. Richardson explains that Bradstreet's earlier work is
full of these extreme expressions of faith, as opposed to her later work,
in which she reveals her inner conflicts about religion and sacrifice

At the end of the poem, the poet delights in her deliverance from
sickness, having vanquished her "envious foe."