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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 Love all love of other sights controls, And makes one little room an everywhere. Quote Right
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Quote Left Death be not proud, though some have called thee
Mighty and dreadfull, for thou art not so,
For, those, whom thou thinkst, thou dost overthrow,
die not, poor death, nor yet canst thou kill me.
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Quote Left Affliction is a treasure, and scarce any man hath enough of it. Quote Right
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Quote Left Art is the most passionate orgy within man's grasp Quote Right
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Quote Left 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. Quote Right
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