 Poetry: January 11, 2006 Issue [#820] |
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Confined Love
By John Donne
Some man unworthy to be possessor
Of old or new love, himself being false or weak,
Thought his pain and shame would be lesser,
If on womankind he might his anger wreak;
And thence a law did grow,
One might but one man know;
But are other creatures so?
Are sun, moon, or stars by law forbidden
To smile where they list, or lend away their light?
Are birds divorced or are they chidden
If they leave their mate, or lie abroad a night?
Beasts do no jointures lose
Though they new lovers choose;
But we are made worse than those.
Who e'er rigg'd fair ships to lie in harbours,
And not to seek lands, or not to deal with all?
Or built fair houses, set trees, and arbours,
Only to lock up, or else to let them fall?
Good is not good, unless
A thousand it possess,
But doth waste with greediness.
Break of Day
By John Donne
Stay, O sweet, and do not rise;
The light that shines comes from thine eyes;
The day breaks not, it is my heart,
Because that you and I must part.
Stay, or else my joys will die,
And perish in their infancy.
John Donne was born in London in 1572. His father died in 1576. His mother was left to raise him and his two siblings. At the age of 11 he entered the University of Oxford. Donne studied for three years there, and was said to have studied the next three years at the University of Cambridge. Donne did not get a degree at either university. Donne then studied law in London, in 1952. He was a private secretary to Sir Thomas Egerton in 1598. When Donne secretly married Egerton's niece, Anne More in 1601 he was dismissed from his position and was briefly imprisoned.
Donne's first book of poetry was "Satires" written during his stay in London. His next book was "Songs and Sonnets" which was not published for several years after being finished. "Divine Poems" was published in 1607. Donne became a priest of the Anglican Church in 1615. Six years later in 1621 he was named dean of St. Paul's Cathedral. As a preacher, Donne delivered sermons that were regarded as brilliant and eloquent. Donne's poetry echoed his religious views as well as a wide range of other subjects. He wrote "Anniversaries" and "An Anatomy of the World" in 1611 and "Of the Progress of the Soul" in 1612.
Donne continued preaching until his death On March 31, 1631. It is said that his obsession with death lead to him reading his own funeral sermon "Death's Duel" just a few short weeks before he died.
Witchcraft by a Picture
by John Donne
I fix mine eye on thine, and there
Pity my picture burning in thine eye;
My picture drown'd in a transparent tear,
When I look lower I espy;
Hadst thou the wicked skill
By pictures made and marr'd, to kill,
How many ways mightst thou perform thy will?
But now I've drunk thy sweet salt tears,
And though thou pour more, I'll depart;
My picture vanished, vanish all fears
That I can be endamaged by that art;
Though thou retain of me
One picture more, yet that will be,
Being in thine own heart, from all malice free.
Thank you all!
Stormy Lady
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