Holy Sonnet XVII: Since She Whom I Loved (John Donne Poem)
Since she whom I loved hath paid her last debt To Nature, and to hers, and my good is dead, ...
Since she whom I loved hath paid her last debt To Nature, and to hers, and my good is dead, ...
To put this World down, like a Bundle -- And walk steady, away, Requires Energy -- possibly Agony -- 'Tis ...
So much of Heaven has gone from Earth That there must be a Heaven If only to enclose the Saints ...
Me -- come! My dazzled face In such a shining place! Me -- hear! My foreign Ear The sounds of ...
I meant to have but modest needs -- Such as Content -- and Heaven -- Within my income -- these ...
For this -- accepted Breath -- Through it -- compete with Death -- The fellow cannot touch this Crown -- ...
Besides this May We know There is Another -- How fair Our Speculations of the Foreigner! Some know Him whom ...
There came a Day at Summer's full, Entirely for me -- I thought that such were for the Saints, Where ...
She bore it till the simple veins Traced azure on her hand -- Til pleading, round her quiet eyes The ...
No matter where the Saints abide, They make their Circuit fair Behold how great a Firmament Accompanies a Star. (Emily ...
Like her the Saints retire, In their Chapeaux of fire, Martial as she! Like her the Evenings steal Purple and ...
I can't tell you -- but you feel it -- Nor can you tell me -- Saints, with ravished slate ...
I taste a liquor never brewed -- From Tankards scooped in Pearl -- Not all the Vats upon the Rhine ...
SO grieves th' adventurous merchant, when he throws All the long toil'd-for treasure his ship stows Into the angry main, ...
To J.S.M. The wine they drink in Paradise They make in Haute Lorraine; God brought it burning from the sod ...
Oh how I love Thy holy Word, Thy gracious covenant, O Lord! It guides me in the peaceful way; I ...
To tell the Saviour all my wants, How pleasing is the task! Nor less to praise Him when He grants ...
(Isaiah, lvii.15) The Lord will happiness divine On contrite hearts bestow; Then tell me, gracious God, is mine A contrite ...
When Hagar found the bottle spent And wept o'er Ishmael, A message from the Lord was sent To guide her ...
(Ezekiel, xlviii.35) As birds their infant brood protect, And spread their wings to shelter them, Thus saith the Lord to ...
Too many, Lord, abuse Thy grace In this licentious day, And while they boast they see Thy face, They turn ...
(Genesis, xxii.14) The saints should never be dismay'd, Nor sink in hopeless fear; For when they least expect His aid, ...
God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform; He plants His footsteps in the sea, And rides upon ...
(Exodus, xvii.15) By whom was David taught To aim the deadly blow, When he Goliath fought, And laid the Gittite ...
God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform; He plants His footsteps in the sea, And rides upon ...
WHEN that Aprilis, with his showers swoot*, *sweet The drought of March hath pierced to the root, And bathed every ...
Where is the grave of Sir Arthur O'Kellyn? Where may the grave of that good man be?-- By the side ...
PART I 'Tis the middle of night by the castle clock And the owls have awakened the crowing cock; Tu-whit!- ...
This is a day of happiness, sweet peace, And heavenly sunshine; upon which conven'd In full assembly fair, once more ...
LEANDER. No more of Memphis and her mighty kings, Or Alexandria, where the Ptolomies. Taught golden commerce to unfurl her ...
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