John Donne

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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 Where can we find two better hemispheres/ Without sharp North, without declining West? Quote Right
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Quote Left I am a little world made cunningly Of elements, and an angelic sprite;... Quote Right
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Quote Left Twice or thrice had I loved thee, Before I knew thy face or name. 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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Quote Left All mankind is of one author, and is one volume; when one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language; and every chapter must be so translated...As therefore the bell that rings to a sermon, calls not upon the preacher only, but upon the congregation to come: so this bell calls us all: but how much more me, who am brought so near the door by this sickness....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 promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friend's 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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