John Donne
John Donne
John Donnewas an English poet and a cleric in the Church of England. He is considered the pre-eminent representative of the metaphysical poets. His works are noted for their strong, sensual style and include sonnets, love poems, religious poems, Latin translations, epigrams, elegies, songs, satires and sermons. His poetry is noted for its vibrancy of language and inventiveness of metaphor, especially compared to that of his contemporaries. Donne's style is characterised by abrupt openings and various paradoxes, ironies and dislocations...
life critical courses
Our critical day is not the very day of our death; but the whole course of our life.
moving men soul
Let man's soul be a sphere, and then, in this, The intelligence that moves, devotion is.
kind pity choke
Kind pity chokes my spleen.
writing lust rage
To rage, to lust, to write to, to commend, All is the purlieu of the god of love.
imperfect
How imperfect is all our knowledge!
soul progress deathless
I sing the progress of a deathless soul.
war law soul
All whom war, dearth, age, agues, tyrannies, Despair, law, chance, hath slain.
benefits sticks hook
There is hook in every benefit, that sticks in his jaws that takes that benefit, and draws him whither the benefactor will.
friends
Friends are ourselves.
silly brave
My love though silly is more brave.
pain sleep
Sleep is pain's easiest salve
scripture example good-examples
Of all the commentaries on the Scriptures, good examples are the best.
solitude hell torment
Solitude is a torment which is not threatened in hell itself.
heart cheerful god-love
As God loves a cheerful giver, so he also loves a cheerful taker. Who takes hold of his gifts with a glad heart.