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JOHN DONNE Commemoration of John Donne, Priest, Poet, 1631 Death, be not proud, though some have called thee ... JOHN DONNE Commemoration of John Donne, Priest, Poet, 1631 When all is done, the hell of hells, the torment o... JOHN DONNE To me, to whom God hath revealed his Son, in a Gospel, by a Church, there can be no way of salvation... JOHN DONNE Feast of John and Charles Wesley, Priests, Poets, Teachers, 1791 & 1788 He was but a heathen that ... JOHN DONNE Commemoration of Alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr, 1012 Love is strong as death; but not... JOHN DONNE Feast of Basil the Great & Gregory Nazianzen, Bishops, Teachers, 379 & 389 Commemoration of Seraphim... JOHN DONNE Concluding a short series on authenticity: Think thyself at that Tribunal, that judgment, now: W... JOHN DONNE Never propose to thy self such a God, as thou wert not bound to imitate: Thou mistakest God, if thou... JOHN DONNE Now men say, "I am in no wise prepared for this work, and therefore it cannot be wrought in me," and... JOHN DONNE And to 'scape stormy days, I choose an everlasting night. JOHN DONNE I throw myself down in my chamber, and I call in, and invite God, and his Angels thither, and when t... JOHN DONNE Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail. JOHN DONNE But I do nothing upon myself, and yet I am my own executioner. JOHN DONNE Pleasure is none, if not diversified. JOHN DONNE And new Philosophy calls all in doubt, the element of fire is quite put out; the Sun is lost, and th... JOHN DONNE He must pull out his own eyes, and see no creature, before he can say, he sees no God; He must be no... JOHN DONNE Despair is the damp of hell, as joy is the serenity of heaven. JOHN DONNE Death be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so. For, thos... JOHN DONNE I would not that death should take me asleep. I would not have him merely seize me, and only declare... JOHN DONNE As virtuous men pass mildly away, and whisper to their souls to go, whilst some of their sad friends... JOHN DONNE When one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language. JOHN DONNE Reason is our soul's left hand, faith her right, by these we reach divinity. JOHN DONNE As he that fears God hears nothing else, so, he that sees God sees every thing else. JOHN DONNE At most, the greatest persons are but great wens, and excrescences; men of wit and delightful conver... JOHN DONNE Nature's great masterpiece, an elephant; the only harmless great thing. JOHN DONNE Man is not only a contributory creature, but a total creature; he does not only make one, but he is ... JOHN DONNE All mankind is of one author, and is one volume; when one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of t... JOHN DONNE Wicked is not much worse than indiscreet. JOHN DONNE No spring, nor summer beauty hath such grace, As I have seen in one autumnal face. JOHN DONNE Whenever any affliction assails me, I have the keys of my prison in mine own hand, and no remedy pre... JOHN DONNE Let us love nobly, and live, and add again years and years unto years, till we attain to write three... JOHN DONNE To be no part of any body, is to be nothing. JOHN DONNE We are all conceived in close prison; in our mothers wombs, we are close prisoners all; when we are ... JOHN DONNE Take me to you, imprison me, for I, except you enthrall me, never shall be free, nor ever chaste, ex... JOHN DONNE Be your own palace, or the world is your jail. JOHN DONNE Full nakedness! All my joys are due to thee, as souls unbodied, bodies unclothed must be, to taste w... JOHN DONNE SIR, more than kisses, letters mingle souls, For thus, friends absent speak. JOHN DONNE When I died last, and, Dear, I die as often as from thee I go though it be but an hour ago and lover... JOHN DONNE Contemplative and bookish men must of necessity be more quarrelsome than others, because they conten... JOHN DONNE