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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 A bracelet of bright hair about the bone, Will he not let us alone,... Quote Right
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Quote Left Love all love of other sights controls, And makes one little room an everywhere. Quote Right
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Quote Left Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies. Quote Right
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Quote Left Come live with me, and be my love, And we will some new pleasures prove Of golden sands, and crystal brooks, With silken lines, and silver hooks. Quote Right
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Quote Left Reason is our soul's left hand, faith her right, by these we reach divinity. Quote Right
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