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Donne, John (1572-1631)

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I.

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I. SATIRES. 1593–1602.

VI.

SATIRE VI. TO SR NICHOLAS SMYTH.

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XIII.

XIII. LOVE-MEMORIES IN ABSENCE.

XVIII.

XVIII. LOVE'S PROGRESS.

XIX.

XIX. TO HIS MISTRESS GOING TO BED.

XX.

XXI.

XXI. A PARADOX OF A PAINTED FACE.

XXII.

XXII. LOVE'S WAR.

XXIII.

XXIII. LOVE'S POWER.

XXIV.

XXIV. LOVE AND REASON.

XXV.

XXV. TO A LADY OF DARK COMPLEXION.

XXVI.

XXVI. AN ELEGIE TO MRS. BOULSTRED.

XXVII.

XXVII. LOVE AND WIT.

XXVIII.

XXVIII. A LOVE-MONSTER.

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II.

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I.

I. VERSE-LETTERS.

UPON MR. THOMAS CORYAT'S CRUDITIES.

TO MY MOST FRIENDLY AND DESERVING BENJ. JONSON.

Translation. TO MY VERY LEARNED FRIEND DR. ANDREWS.

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II. FUNERAL ELEGIES.

ELEGY ON MISTRISS BOULSTRED.

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III.

TEN SONNETS TO PHILOMEL.

ON A FLEA ON HIS MISTRESS' BOSOM.

THE LADY AND HER VIOL.

DR. DONNE'S FAREWELL TO Ye WORLD.

IF SHE DERYDE ME.

FORTUNE NEVER FAILS.

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THREE LOVE-SONNETS.

I.

II.

III.

TO THE YOUNG GENTLEWOMEN AT COURT.

BELIEVE YOUR GLASSE.

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V.

V. DIVINE POEMS.

TO VISCOUNT DONCASTER,

TO THE LADY MAGDALEN HERBERT; OF ST. MARY MAGDALEN.

ON THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARIE.

TRANSLATED OUT OF GAZÆUS,

A SHEAF OF SNAKES USED HERETOFORE TO BE MY SEAL, THE CREST OF OUR POOR FAMILY.

IN SACRAM ANCHORAM PISCATORIS, G. HERBERT

LAMENT FOR HIS WIFE.

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TRANSLATED OUT OF GAZÆUS,

VOTA AMICO FACTA, fol. 160.

God grant thee thine own wish, and grant thee mine,
Thou who dost, best friend, in best things outshine;
May thy soul, ever chearful, ne'r know cares;
Nor thy life, ever lively, know gray hairs;

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Nor thy hand, ever open, know base holds;
Nor thy purse, ever plump, know pleits or folds;
Nor thy tongue, ever true, know a false thing;
Nor thy words, ever mild, know quarrelling;
Nor thy works, ever equal, know disguise;
Nor thy fame, ever pure, know contumelies;
Nor thy prayers know low objects, still divine.
God grant thee thine own wish, and grant thee mine!