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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EPIGRAM: THE LIER, by JOHN DONNE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Thou in the fields walk'st out thy supping hours
Last Line: A sallet worse then spanish dieting.
First Line: Thou in the fields walk'st out thy supping hours
Last Line: A sallet worse then spanish dieting.
Thou in the fields walkst out thy supping howers,
And yet thou swear'st thou hast supp'd like a king:
Like Nebuchadnezar perchance with grass and flowers,
A sallet worse then Spanish dieting.
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A HYMN TO CHRIST, AT THE AUTHOR'S LAST GOING INTO GERMANY by JOHN DONNE
A HYMN TO GOD THE FATHER by JOHN DONNE
A LECTURE UPON THE SHADOW by JOHN DONNE
A NOCTURNAL UPON ST. LUCY'S DAY, BEING THE SHORTEST DAY by JOHN DONNE
A VALEDICTION: FORBIDDING MOURNING by JOHN DONNE
A VALEDICTION: OF MY NAME IN THE WINDOW by JOHN DONNE
A VALEDICTION: OF THE BOOKE by JOHN DONNE
A VALEDICTION: OF WEEPING by JOHN DONNE
AN ANATOMY OF THE WORLD: THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY by JOHN DONNE
ELEGY: 11. THE BRACELET; UPON THE LOSS OF HIS MISTRESS'S CHAIN by JOHN DONNE