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Posts published in “John Donne Poems”

Death Be Not Proud by John Donne

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Death, be not proud, though some have called theeMighty and dreadful, for thou art not so;For those whom thou think’st thou dost overthrow,Die not, poor death, nor yet canst thou…

Celestial Music by John Donne

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I have a friend who still believes in heaven.Not a ****** person, yet with all she knows, she literally talks to ***.She thinks someone listens in heaven.On earth she’s unusually…

An Anatomy Of The World… by John Donne

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AN ANATOMY OF THE WORLD Wherein, by occasion of the untimely death ofMistress Elizabeth Drury, the frailty and the decay of this whole world isrepresented THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY      When…

A Nocturnal upon St. Lucy’s Day by John Donne

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‘Tis the year’s midnight, and it is the day’s,Lucy’s, who scarce seven hours herself unmasks;The sun is spent, and now his flasksSend forth light squibs, no constant rays;The world’s whole…

A Lecture upon the Shadow by John Donne

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Stand still, and I will read to theeA lecture, love, in love’s philosophy.;;;;;;These three hours that we have spent,;;;;;;Walking here, two shadows wentAlong with us, which we ourselves produc’d.But, now…

A Burnt Ship by John Donne

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Out of a fired ship, which by no wayBut drowning could be rescued from the flame,Some men leap’d forth, and ever as they cameNear the foes’ ships, did by their…