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Born in January 22, 1572 / Died in March 31, 1631 / United Kingdom / English

Poems by John Donne

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A Licentious Person

... For, as thy sins increase, thy hairs do fall ...

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Satire V

... Foole, twice, thrice, thou'hast bought wrong,'and now hungerly ...

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Farewell to Love

... And thence, What before pleased them all, takes but one sense, ...

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Love's Growth

...  But mix'd of all stuffs, vexing soul, or sense, ...

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Annunciation

... Taken from thence, flesh, which death's force may try ...

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Upon The Translation Of The Psalms By Sir Philip Sidney And The Countess Of Pembroke, His Sister

... Make all this all three choirs, heaven, earth, and spheres ...

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To Sir Henry Goodyere

...   And make you ashamed to make your hawks' praise yours, ...

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Antiquary

... To hang all old strange things, let his wife beware ...

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Sweetest love, I do not go,

... When thou sigh'st, thou sigh'st not wind, ...

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Holy Sonnets: Batter my heart, three-person'd God

... That I may rise and stand, o'erthrow me, and bend ...

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Of the Progress of the Soul: The Second Anniversary

... Elizabeth Drury, the incommodities of the soul in this her life, and her ...

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A Valediction of the Book

...   For, though mind be the heaven, where love doth sit, ...

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Holy Sonnets: Show me dear Christ, thy spouse so bright and clear

... Betray, kind husband, thy spouse to our sights, ...

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A Lame Begger

... I am unable, yonder beggar cries, ...

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Holy Sonnets: Death, be not proud

... Thou art slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men, ...