More from John Donne
Only our love hath no decay; this, no tomorrow hath, nor yesterday, running it never runs from us away, but truly keeps his first, last, everlasting day.
John DonneJohn Donne Thy face is mine eye, and mine is thine.
John DonneJohn Donne Festive alcohol sometimes leads to an excess of honesty.
John DonneJohn Donne Love, all alike, no season knows, nor clime, nor hours, days, months, which are the rags of time.
John DonneJohn Donne Keep us, Lord, so awake in the duties of our calling that we may sleep in thy peace and wake in thy glory.
John DonneJohn Donne Batter my heart, three-personed God, for you As yet but knock; breathe, shine, and seek to mend; That I may rise, and stand, o’erthrow me, and bend Your force to break, blow, burn, and make me new.
John DonneJohn Donne Love was as subtly caught, as a disease; But being got it is a treasure sweet, which to defend is harder than to get: And ought not be profaned on either part, for though ‘Tis got by chance, ‘Tis kept by art.
John DonneJohn Donne And what is so intricate, so entangling as death? Who ever got out of a winding sheet?
John DonneJohn Donne So in a voice, so in a shapeless flame, Angels affect us often.
John DonneJohn Donne Without outward declarations, who can conclude an inward love?
John DonneJohn Donne The rich have no more of the kingdom of heaven than they have purchased of the poor by their alms.
John DonneJohn Donne Full nakedness! All my joys are due to thee, as souls unbodied, bodies unclothed must be, to taste whole joys.
John DonneJohn Donne I sing the progress of a deathless soul.
John DonneJohn Donne Nothing but man of all envenomed things, doth work upon itself, with inborn stings.
John DonneJohn Donne Death comes equally to us all, and makes us all equal when it comes.
John DonneJohn Donne Man is not only a contributory creature, but a total creature; he does not only make one, but he is all; he is not a piece of the world, but the world itself, and next to the glory of God, the reason why there is a world.
John DonneJohn Donne
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