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John Donne

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John Donne (1572 – March 31, 1631) was a Jacobean poet, satirist, lawyer and preacher/cleric in the Church of England. He is considered the founding figure of the so-called metaphysical poetry movement.


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Quote Left If yet I have not all thy love, / Dear, I shall never have it all. Quote Right
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Quote Left Despair is the damp of hell, as joy is the serenity of heaven. Quote Right
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Quote Left Man is not only a contributory creature, but a total creature; he does not only make one, but he is all; he is not a piece of the world, but the world itself; and next to the glory of God, the reason why there is a world. Quote Right
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Quote Left No man is an Island, entire of itself every man is a piece of the Continent, a part of the main if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friends or of thine own were any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls It tolls for thee. Quote Right
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Quote Left Death comes equally to us all, and makes us all equal when it comes. Quote Right
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Book: Shattered Sighs