Poetry
A collection of John Donne’s poetry.
John Donne composed poetry over the span of several decades, from the 1590s through the early years of the seventeenth century, during a period of profound religious, political, and cultural change in England. Unlike many of his contemporaries, Donne didn’t publish any collections of poetry during his lifetime. Instead, his poems circulated privately in handwritten manuscripts among friends, patrons, and members of the educated elite, acquiring a wide readership long before they appeared in print.
- Listening time
- about 8 h
- Length
- 74,447 words
- Public domain
- the author died in 1631
- Edition
- Edition and cover by Standard Ebooks, released CC0
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- 418 KB stored on your device
- Language
- English
- Shelf
- Just Added
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How it begins.
Many of these poems have, for several impressions, wandered up and down, trusting (as well they might) upon the author’s reputation; neither do they now complain of any injury but what may proceed either from the kindness of the printer, or the courtesy of the reader; the one by adding something too much, lest any spark of this sacred fire might perish undiscerned, the other by putting such an estimation upon the wit and fancy they find here, that they are content to use it as their own: as if a man should dig out the stones of a royal amphitheatre to build a stage for a country show.
Poetry · John Donne
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