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John Donne: Prayer XVIII. At inde mortuus es

PrayerJohn Donne O ETERNAL and most gracious God, I have a new occasion of thanks, and a new occasion of prayer to thee from the ringing of this bell. Thou toldest me in the other voice that…

John Donne: Prayer XIX. Oceano tandem emenso

PrayerJohn Donne O ETERNAL and most gracious God, who though thou passedst over infinite millions of generations, before thou camest to a creation of this world, yet when thou beganst, didst…

John Donne: Expostulation XX. Id agunt.

ExpostulationJohn Donne MY God, my God, the God of order, but yet not of ambition, who assignest place to every one, but not contention for place, when shall it be thy pleasure to put an end…

John Donne: Prayer XX. Id agunt.

PrayerJohn Donne O ETERNAL and most gracious God, who having married man and woman together, and made them one flesh, wouldst have them also to become one soul, so as that they might maintain…

John Donne: Expostulation XXI. Atque annuit ille

ExpostulationJohn Donne MY God, my God, how large a glass of the next world is this! As we have an art, to cast from one glass to another, and so to carry the species a great way off, so hast…

John Donne: Prayer XXI. Atque annuit ille

PrayerJohn Donne O ETERNAL and most gracious God, who hast made little things to signify great, and conveyed the infinite merits of thy Son in the water of baptism, and in the bread and wine…