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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 Full nakedness! All my joys are due to thee, as souls unbodied, bodies unclothed must be, to taste whole joys. Quote Right
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Quote Left Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies. Quote Right
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Quote Left When I died last, and, Dear, I die as often as from thee I go though it be but an hour ago and lovers hours be full eternity. 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 I am a little world made cunningly Of elements, and an angelic sprite;... Quote Right
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Book: Reflection on the Important Things