Poems by John Donne
Jealousy
... sionary spies,As the inhabitants of Thames' right sideDo London's mayor, or Germans the Pope's pride ...
The Liar
... Thou in the fields walkst out thy supping hoursAnd yet thou swear'st thou hast supp'd like a king ...
Love's Progress
... resists, so may that manWhich goes this empty and ethereal way,Than if at beauty's elements he stay ...
Manliness
... Thou call'st me effeminate, for I love women's joys ...
On His Mistress
... ce, nor in bed fright thy nurseWith midnight's startings, crying out, O, O,Nurse, O my love is slain ...
The Perfume
... s, when ye fum'd on altars, were pleased well,Because you were burnt, not that they liked your smell ...
[Recusancy]
... survey thee, and spyDeath in thy cheeks, and darkness in thine eye,Though hope bred faith and love ...
Sir John Wingefield
... Beyond th'old pillers many have travailedTowards the suns cradle, and his throne, and bed ...
Song ("Stay, O sweet, and do not rise")
... Stay, O sweet, and do not rise,The light that shines comes from thine eyes ...
To Mr. S. B.
... rks of poetry, I, though I brought no fuel, had desire With these articulate blasts to blow the fire ...
To Mr. T. W. [Pregnant again with th'old twins, Hope and Fear...]
... s case To be as gluttons, which say 'midst their meat, They love that best of which they most do eat ...
To Sir Henry Wotton [Here's no more news, than virtue: I may as well...]
... mimic antics jest,Whose deepest projects and egregious gestsAre but dull morals of a game at chests ...
To Sir Henry Wotton [Sir, more than kisses, letters mingle souls...]
... e suck'd all they had of worth,And brought home that faith which you carried forth,I thoroughly love ...
To the Countess of Bedford [Madam, Reason is our soul's left hand, faith her right...]
... His factor for our loves, do as you do,Make your return home gracious, and bestow This life on that ...
To the Countess of Bedford [To have written then, when you writ, seem'd to me ...]
... tyrants, could removeThese not engraved, but inborn dignities,Caskets of souls, temples and palaces ...
