Poems by John Donne
Holy Sonnet V: I Am A Little World Made Cunningly
... Have found new spheres, and of new lands can write, ...
Elegy XVIII: Love's Progress
... the kiss Which at the face began, transplanted is, ...
Celestial Music
... et deliberately cast over the earth-In reality, we sit by the side of the road, watching the sun set ...
The Legacy
... When I had ripp'd me, and search'd where hearts should lie ...
Elegy XVI: On His Mistress
... I saw him, I, Assailed, fight, taken, stabbed, bleed, fall, and die ...
Holy Sonnet VI: This Is My Play's Last Scene, Here Heavens Appoint
... Then, as my soul, t' heaven her first seat, takes flight, ...
Holy Sonnet XI: Spit In My Face You Jews, And Pierce My Side
... God clothed himself in vile man's flesh, that so ...
Holy Sonnet XVIII: Show me, dear Christ, thy Spouse, so bright and clear
... Show me, dear Christ, thy Spouse, so bright and clear ...
Self-Love
... ...; Nor he that still his Mistress pays, ...
Negative Love
... What we know not, our selves, can know, ...
Elegy V: His Picture
... Thine, in my heart, where my soul dwells, shall dwell ...
Holy Sonnet IX: If Poisonous Minerals, And If That Tree
... That thou remember them, some claim as debt, ...
The Primrose
... and I see That 'tis not a mere woman that is she, ...
Elegy X: The Dream
... And sleep which locks up sense, doth lock out all ...
Holy Sonnet XIII: What If This Present Were The World's Last Night?
... Blood fills his frowns, which from his pierced head fell ...