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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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Quote Left Reason is our soul's left hand, Faith her right Quote Right
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Quote Left Love, all alike, no season knows, nor clime, nor hours, days, months, which are the rags of time. Quote Right
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Quote Left No man is an Island, entire of itself every man is a piece of the Continent, a part of the main if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friends or of thine own were any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls It tolls for thee. Quote Right
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Quote Left Come live with me, and be my love, and we will some new pleasures prove, Of golden sands, and crystal brooks, With silken lines and silver hooks Quote Right
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Quote Left Despair is the damp of hell, as joy is the serenity of heaven. Quote Right
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