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John Donne: The Dissolution
The Dissolution She's dead; and all which die To their first elements resolve; And we were mutual elements to us, And made of one another. My body then doth…John Donne: The Dream
The DreamDear love, for nothing less than thee Would I have broke this happy dream; It was a theme For reason, much too strong for fantasy. Therefore thou waked'st me…John Donne: The Expiration
The ExpirationSo, so, break off this last lamenting kiss, Which sucks two souls, and vapours both away; Turn, thou ghost, that way, and let me turn this, And let ourselves benight…John Donne: Farewell to Love
Farewell to Love Whilst yet to prove I thought there was some deity in love, So did I reverence, and gave Worship; as atheists at their dying hour Call…John Donne: A Fever
A FeverO! do not die, for I shall hate All women so, when thou art gone, That thee I shall not celebrate, When I remember thou wast one. But yet thou canst not die, I know;…John Donne: The Funeral
The FuneralWhoever comes to shroud me, do not harm, Nor question much, That subtle wreath of hair, which crowns my arm; The mystery, the sign, you must not touch…John Donne: The Good-Morrow
The Good-MorrowI wonder by my troth, what thou and I Did, till we loved? were we not wean'd till then? But suck'd on country pleasures, childishly? Or snorted we in the Seven Sleepers' den…Songs and Sonnets
John DonneContentsThe FleaThe Good-MorrowSongWoman's ConstancyThe UndertakingThe Sun RisingThe IndifferentLove's UsuryThe CanonizationThe Triple FoolLovers' InfinitenessSongThe LegacyA…John Donne: The Indifferent
The IndifferentI can love both fair and brown; Her whom abundance melts, and her whom want betrays; Her who loves loneness best, and her who masks and plays; Her whom the country form'd, and…John Donne: A Jet Ring Sent
A Jet Ring SentThou art not so black as my heart, Nor half so brittle as her heart, thou art; What would'st thou say? shall both our properties by thee be spoke, —Nothing more…