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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 SIR, more than kisses, letters mingle souls, For thus, friends absent speak. Quote Right
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Quote Left Sweare by thy selfe, that at my death thy Sonne Shall shine as he shines now, and heretofore;... Quote Right
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Quote Left One short sleep past, we wake eternally, And Death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die! 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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Quote Left I would not that death should take me asleep. I would not have him meerly seise me, and onely declare me to be dead, but win me, and overcome ... Quote Right
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