John Donne (1572 – March 31, 1631) was a Jacobean poet, satirist, lawyer and preacher/cleric in the Church of England. He is considered the founding figure of the so-called metaphysical poetry movement.
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We are all conceived in close prison; in our mothers wombs, we are close prisoners all; when we are born, we are born but to the liberty of the house; prisoners still, though within larger walls; and then all our life is but a going out to the place of execution, to death. Go to Quote / Comment
Busy old fool, unruly Sun, why dost thou thus through windows and through curtains call on us? Must to thy motions lovers seasons run? Go to Quote / Comment
More than kisses, letters mingle souls. Go to Quote / Comment
Men have conceived a twofold use of sleep; it is a refreshing of the body in this life, and a preparing of the soul for the next. Go to Quote / Comment
O my America! my new-found-land. Go to Quote / Comment