John Donne
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born
January 22, 1572
died
March 31, 1631
gender
male
place of birth
London, The United Kingdom
genre
Poetry, Romance, Religion & Spirituality
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John Donne's Poetry (Norton Critical Edition) by John Donne avg rating 4.25 — 388 ratings — published 1999 9 editions |
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The Complete Poetry and Selected Prose of John Donne by John Donne avg rating 4.40 — 251 ratings — published 1978 4 editions |
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The Complete English Poems by John Donne avg rating 4.34 — 215 ratings — published 1971 9 editions |
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The Love Poems of John Donne by John Donne avg rating 4.39 — 70 ratings — published 1982 7 editions |
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Selected Poems by John Donne avg rating 4.02 — 65 ratings — published 1952 14 editions |
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Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions and Death's Duel by John Donne avg rating 4.36 — 42 ratings — published 1959 3 editions |
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The Major Works: Including Songs and Sonnets and Sermons by John Donne avg rating 4.15 — 41 ratings — published 2000 |
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The Works of John Donne by John Donne avg rating 4.52 — 23 ratings — published 1999 2 editions |
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Selected Poems by John Donne avg rating 3.71 — 14 ratings — published 2007 |
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Selected Poetry by John Donne avg rating 4.25 — 8 ratings — published 1996 |
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"No man is an island, entire of itself
every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main
if a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were,
as well as if a manor of thy friends or of thine own were
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."
— John Donne
every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main
if a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were,
as well as if a manor of thy friends or of thine own were
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."
— John Donne
"Death, be not proud, though some have called thee
Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so;
For those, whom thou think'st thou dost overthrow,
Die not, poor Death, nor yet canst thou kill me.
From rest and sleep, which but thy picture[s] be,
Much pleasure, then from thee much more must flow,
And soonest our best men with thee do go,
Rest of their bones, and soul's delivery.
Thou'rt slave to Fate, chance, kings, and desperate men,
And dost with poison, war, and sickness dwell,
And poppy, or charms can make us sleep as well,
And better than thy stroke ; why swell'st thou then?
One short sleep past, we wake eternally,
And Death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die."
— John Donne (The Complete Poetry and Selected Prose of John Donne)
Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so;
For those, whom thou think'st thou dost overthrow,
Die not, poor Death, nor yet canst thou kill me.
From rest and sleep, which but thy picture[s] be,
Much pleasure, then from thee much more must flow,
And soonest our best men with thee do go,
Rest of their bones, and soul's delivery.
Thou'rt slave to Fate, chance, kings, and desperate men,
And dost with poison, war, and sickness dwell,
And poppy, or charms can make us sleep as well,
And better than thy stroke ; why swell'st thou then?
One short sleep past, we wake eternally,
And Death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die."
— John Donne (The Complete Poetry and Selected Prose of John Donne)
