What if this present were the world’s last night?
JOHN DONNEWhat if this present were the world’s last night?
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 DONNETo be no part of any body, is to be nothing.
JOHN DONNEHumiliation is the beginning of sanctification.
JOHN DONNETrue joy is the earnest which we have of heaven, it is the treasure of the soul, and therefore should be laid in a safe place, and nothing in this world is safe to place it in.
JOHN DONNEIf I dream I have you, I have you, for all our joys are but fantastical.
JOHN DONNESo in a voice, so in a shapeless flame, Angels affect us often.
JOHN DONNESolitude is a torment which is not threatened in hell itself.
JOHN DONNEPoor intricated soul! Riddling, perplexed, labyrinthical soul!
JOHN DONNEOnly 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 DONNEThere is hook in every benefit, that sticks in his jaws that takes that benefit, and draws him whither the benefactor will.
JOHN DONNEI sing the progress of a deathless soul.
JOHN DONNEI wonder, by my troth, what thou and I Did, till we lov’d?
JOHN DONNEPoetry is a counterfeit creation, and makes things that are not, as though they were.
JOHN DONNEFor love all love of other sights controls and makes one little room an everywhere.
JOHN DONNEAs he that fears God fears nothing else, so he that sees God sees everything else.
JOHN DONNE