Apparition, The (by: John Donne (1573 - 1631)) And in false sleep will from thee shrink, And then poore Aspen wretch, neglected thou Bath'd in a cold quicksilver sweat wilt lye A veryer ghost than I... continue reading
Bait, The (by: John Donne (1573 - 1631)) If thou, to be so seen, beest loath, By sun or moon, thou dark'nest both; And if myself have leave to see, I need not their light, having thee. continue reading
Break Of Day (by: John Donne (1573 - 1631)) Light hath no tongue, but is all eye; If it could speak as well as spy, This were the worst that it could say... continue reading
Canonization, A (by: John Donne (1573 - 1631)) We can die by it, if not live by love, And if unfit for tombs and hearse Our legend be, it will be fit for verse continue reading
Confined Love (by: John Donne (1573 - 1631)) Are Sun, Moon, or Stars by law forbidden To smile where they list, or lend away their light? Are birds divorced, or are they chidden If they leave their mate, or lie abroad a-night? continue reading
Dissolution, The (by: John Donne (1573 - 1631)) She's dead; and all which die To their first elements resolve; And we were mutual elements to us, And made of one another. continue reading
Dream, The (by: John Donne (1573 - 1631)) My dream thou brok'st not, but continued'st it. Thou art so truth that thoughts of thee suffice To make dreams truths, and fables histories. Enter these arms, for since thou thought'st it best Not to dream all my dream, let's act the rest continue reading
Flea, The (by: John Donne (1573 - 1631)) Thou know'st that this cannot be said A sin, nor shame, nor loss of maidenhead; Yet this enjoys before it woo... continue reading
Good-Morrow, The (by: John Donne (1573 - 1631)) And now good-morrow to our waking souls, Which watch not one another out of fear; For love, all love of other sights controls, And makes one little room an everywhere... continue reading
Lecture upon the Shadow, A (by: John Donne (1573 - 1631)) Except our loves at this noon stay, We shall new shadows make the other way. As the first were made to blind Others, these which come behind.... continue reading
