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John Donne: Prayer IX. Medicamina scribunt
PrayerJohn Donne O ETERNAL and most gracious God, who art of so pure eyes as that thou canst not look upon and we of so unpure constitutions as that we can present no object but sin, and…They find the disease to steal on insensibly, and endeavour to meet with it so
They find the disease to steal on insensibly, and endeavour to meet with it soLente et Serpenti Satagunt Occurre re MorboMeditationJohn Donne THIS is nature's nest of boxes: the heavens…John Donne: Expostulation X. Lente et serpenti
ExpostulationJohn Donne MY God, my God, I have been told, and told by relation, by her own brother that did it, by thy servant Nazianzen, that his sister in the vehemency of her prayer, did…John Donne: Prayer X. Lente et serpenti
PrayerJohn Donne O ETERNAL and most gracious God, who as thy Son Christ Jesus, though he knew all things, yet said he knew not the day of judgment, because he knew it not so as that he might…They use cordials, to keep the venom and malignity of the disease from the heart
They use cordials, to keep the venom and malignity of the disease from the heartNobilibusque Trahunt, a Cincto Corde, Venenum, Succis et Gemmis, et Quae Generosa, Ministrant Ars, et Natura,…John Donne: Expostulation XI. Nobilibusque trahunt
ExpostulationJohn Donne MY God, my God, all that thou askest of me is my heart, “My Son, give me thy heart.” [Prov. 23:26] Am I thy Son as long as I have but my heart? Wilt thou give me an…John Donne: Prayer XI. Nobilibusque trahunt
PrayerJohn Donne O ETERNAL and most gracious God, who in thy upper house, the heavens, though there be many mansions, yet art alike and equally in every mansion; but here in thy lower house,…They apply pigeons, to draw the vapours from the head
They apply pigeons, to draw the vapours from the headSpirante Columba Supposita Pedibus, Revocantur ad Ima VaporesMeditationJohn Donne WHAT will not kill a man if a vapour will? How great an…John Donne: Expostulation XII. Spirante columba
ExpostulationJohn Donne MY God, my God, as thy servant James, when he asks that question, “What is your life?” provides me my answer, “It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time,…John Donne: Prayer XII. Spirante columba
PrayerJohn Donne O ETERNAL and most gracious God, who, though thou have suffered us to destroy ourselves, and hast not given us the power of reparation in ourselves, hast yet afforded us such…