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The Poems of John Donne - Volume 1
John Donne
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17 then thou knew'st when 1669
19 must] doe A18, A25, B, Cy, D, H49, Lec, N, O'F, P, TC
20 Prophane,] Profaness A18, D, H49, L74, Lec, N, S96, TC
24 feare's as strong 1635-54, A18, D, H49, L74, Lec, TCC: feares are strong 1669, B, Cy, O'F, P, S, S96: feare is strong, N, TCD
26 have. 1669: have; 1633-54
29 cam'st] com'st 1669
Then I] Thus I A18, D, H49, L74, Lec, N, TC (RP31 agrees with this group throughout)
Note
A Valediction: of weeping.LET me powre forth
My teares before thy face, whil'st I stay here,
For thy face coines them, and thy stampe they beare,
And by this Mintage they are something worth,
5For thus they bee
Pregnant of thee;
Fruits of much griefe they are, emblemes of more,
When a teare falls, that thou falst which it bore,
So thou and I a. . . Read More
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Donne is one of the most uncompromising and most extraordinary of poets. There are some ways in which I admire him more than Shakespeare, and even if that seems like hyperbole, his body of work is a stunning counterpart to that of the Bard. They are both gifted with an unfathomable range of tone and
Donne stressed love's dualism of body and soul, flesh and spirit, its subtle passions, its cynical bitterness. In the best poems, intellect and passion intensify each other by startling and ingenious juxtaposition.
I don't know if it still is, but 10 years ago it was very en vogue to love John Donne. For a lot of people, he was the perfect marriage of modern sensibilities and non-shitty poetry, a combination that is not readily found. Finally, they thought, a Dead White Male I can enjoy while still maintaining
John Donne is one of my favorite poets. This collection is excellent. His poems are spiritual and his poems are sensual. I love his mindset and the time in which he lived. He may have been a cleric, but I'm not being preached at. I can open this book and just enjoy.
John Donne undoubtedly belongs to another time. His English is not our contemporary English, and therefore, at times, he is a bit hard to read. That being said, he is an absolute master at putting words together. Some of his phrasing is funny, much is romantic, and most is extraordinarily pious. A c
John Donne is, with apologies to my unintentional namesake, my absolute favorite poet. He covers all the big three topics that great poetry should - Love, Death, and God - and, more often than not, he's covering all three at the same time in the span of 14 short, beautiful little lines of epic propo