Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies.
JOHN DONNELove built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies.
JOHN DONNEI wonder, by my troth, what thou and I Did, till we lov’d?
JOHN DONNENo spring nor summer beauty hath such grace as I have seen in one autumnal face.
JOHN DONNEBatter 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 DONNEWhen one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language.
JOHN DONNESolitude is a torment which is not threatened in hell itself.
JOHN DONNEDespair is the damp of hell, as joy is the serenity of heaven.
JOHN DONNEBe more than man, or thou’rt less than an ant.
JOHN DONNEGod employs several translators; some pieces are translated by age, some by sickness, some by war, some by justice.
JOHN DONNEHow great love is, presence best trial makes, But absence tries how long this love will be.
JOHN DONNEI do not love a man, except I hate his vices, because those vices are the enemies, and the destruction of that friend whom I love.
JOHN DONNEPoor intricated soul! Riddling, perplexed, labyrinthical soul!
JOHN DONNEAll occasions invite His mercies, and all times are His seasons.
JOHN DONNEDeath 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.
JOHN DONNEAny 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 DONNEI shall not live ’till I see God; and when I have seen Him, I shall never die.
JOHN DONNE