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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 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 No man is an island, entire of itself every man is a piece of the continent. 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 Let us love nobly, and live, and add again years and years unto years, till we attain to write threescore: this is the second of our reign. Quote Right
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Book: Shattered Sighs