John Donne Phrasis a Metaphysical Muse Recited

A METAPHYSICAL MUSE What thou lovest in her face is colour,if her face be painted on a board or wall, thou wilt love it.She speaks,smiles and kisses much. Because it is painted do you not behold with pleasure her painted face? Love her who shows her love to thee, in this smile , lovely to thee,all her love forever be,if her face forever, rests upon thee. I see her often,solaced with beauty, the rich sweet softness of her eyes,that all my senses now apprehend. Elixir of all vertues, handmaidens,Pandars of the bodies pleasure.That Virginity a virtue,kept by modest chastity ‘til willing and desirous to yield. When the name Virgin shall be exchanged ,for the more honourable name, of Wife . From John Donne’s prose Juvenilia 2,11,12 *A Phrasis is a structured verse where the poet uses selected prose phrases of another writer’s(not a poet) to compile unique poetry therefrom as a tribute thereto,the word phrasis is Greek for phrase. Listen to me read this phrasis of mine on youtube under the name