“Yesternight the sun went hence, And yet is here today.”
Book:Selected Poetry
Quote by John Donne
Work
Selected Poetry
This book compiles a diverse range of poems, showcasing the poetic expressions and styles of multiple poets across different themes and time periods. more
Author
John Donne
John Donne was a renowned 17th-century English poet, known for his profound religious and philosophical reflections. His poetry style was unique, blending the elegance of the Renaissance with the passion of the Reformation. more
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“Young men mend not their sight by using old men's spectacles.”
“I find no abhorring in my appetite.”
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“Verse hath a middle nature: heaven keeps souls, The grave keeps bodies, verse the fame enrols.”
“To rage, to lust, to write to, to commend, All is the purlieu of the god of love.”
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Source: Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions and Death's Duel
“Let man's soul be a sphere, and then, in this, The intelligence that moves, devotion is.”