Tis true, 'tis day what though it be O wilt thou therefore rise from me Why should we rise, because 'tis light Did we lie down, because 'twas night Love which in spite of darkness brought us hither Should in despite of light keep us together.
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Take heed of loving me.John Donne
Such life is like the light which bideth yet
When the lights life is set,
Or like the heat, which fire in solid matter
Leave behinde, two houres after.
John Donne
We asked none leave to love nor will we oweAny, so cheap a death, as saying, Go
John Donne
Her pure and eloquent blood Spoke in her cheeks, and so distinctly wrought, That one might almost say, her body thought.
John 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. I, like a usurped town to another due, Labor to admit you, but oh, to no end Reason, your viceroy in me, me should defend, But is captived, and proves weak or untrue. Yet dearly I love you, and would be lov-ed fain, But am betrothed unto your enemy Divorce me, untie or break that knot again Take me to you, imprison me, for I Except you enthrall me, never shall be free, Nor ever chaste, except you ravish me.
John Donne
I wonder by my troth what thou, and I Did, till we loved.
John Donne
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