John Donne

John Donne (1572 – 1631) was an English poet, and a priest in the Church of England. Commonly grouped with the “metaphysical poets,” Donne’s work is known for its elaborate metaphors, compact language

Good Friday, 1613. Riding Westward

Mar 25, 2016 2 min read Poetry

Let mans Soule be a Spheare, and then, in this, The intelligence that moves, devotion is, And as the other Spheares, by being growne Subject to forraigne motion, lose their owne, And being

Nativity

Dec 25, 2014 1 min read Poetry

Immensity cloistered in thy dear womb, Now leaves His well-belov’d imprisonment, There He hath made Himself to His intent Weak enough, now into the world to come; But O, for thee, for