《John Donne Selected Poems》

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then as an angel face and wings

of air; not pure as it; yet pure doth wear;

so thy love may be my loves sphere ;

just such disparity

as is twixt airs and angels purity;

twixt womens love; and mens; will ever be。 

break of day。

stay; o sweet; and do not rise ;

the light that shines es from thine eyes ;

the day breaks not; it is my heart;

because that you and i must part。

stay; or else my joys will die;

and perish in their infancy。

'another of the same。'

tis true; tis day ; what though it be?

o; wilt thou therefore rise from me?

why should we rise because tis light?

did we lie down because twas night?

love; which in spite of darkness brought us hither;

should in despite of light keep us together。

light hath no tongue; but is all eye ;

if it could speak as well as spy;

this were the worst that it could say;

that being well i fain would stay;

and that i loved my heart and honour so

that i would not from him; that had them; go。

must business thee from hence remove?

o ! thats the worst disease of love;

the poor; the foul; the false; love can

admit; but not the busied man。

he which hath business; and makes love; doth do

such wrong; as when a married man doth woo。

the anniversary。

all kings; and all their favourites;

all glory of honours; beauties; wits;

the sun it self; which makes time; as they pass;

is elder by a year now than it was 

when thou and i first one another saw。

all other things to their destruction draw;

only our love hath no decay ;

this no to…morrow hath; nor yesterday ;

running it never runs from us away;

but truly keeps his first; last; everlasting day。

two graves must hide thine and my corse ;

if one might; death were no divorce。

alas ! as well as other princes; we

—who prince enough in one another be—

must leave at last in death these eyes and ears;

oft fed with true oaths; and with sweet salt tears ;

but souls where nothing dwells but love

—all other thoughts being inmates—then shall prove

this or a love increasèd there above;

when bodies to their graves; souls from their graves remove。

and then we shall be throughly blest ; 

but now no more than all the rest。

here upon earth were kings; and none but we

can be such kings; nor of such subjects be。

who is so safe as we? where none can do

treason to us; except one of us two。

true and false fears let us refrain;

let us love nobly; and live; and add again

years and years unto years; till we attain

to write threescore ; this is the second of our reign。

a valediction of my name; in the window。

i。

my name engraved herein

doth contribute my firmness to this glass;

which ever since that charm hath been

as hard; as that which graved it was ;

thine eye will give it price enough; to mock

the diamonds of either rock。

ii。

tis much that glass should be

as all…confessing; and through…shine as i ;

tis more that it shows thee to thee;

and clear reflects thee to thine eye。

but all such rules loves magic can undo ;

here you see me; and i am you。

iii。

as no one point; nor dash;

which are but accessories to this name;

the showers and tempests can outwash

so shall all times find me the same ;

you this entireness better may fulfill;

who have the pattern with you still。

iv。

or if too hard and deep

this learning be; for a scratchd name to teach;

it as a given deaths head keep;

lovers mortality to preach ;

or think this ragged bony name to be

my ruinous anatomy。

v。

then; as all my souls be

emparadised in you—in whom alone

i understand; and grow; and see—

the rafters of my body; bone;

being still with you; the muscle; sinew; and vein

which tile this house; will e again。

vi。

till my return repair

and repact my scatterd body so;

as all the virtuous powers which are

fixd in the stars are said to flow

into such characters as gravèd be

when these stars have supremacy。

vii。

so since this name was cut;

when love and grief their exaltation had;

no door gainst this names influence shut。

as much more loving; as more sad;

twill make thee ; and thou shouldst; till i return;

since i die daily; daily mourn。

viii。

when thy inconsiderate hand

flings open this casement; with my trembling name;

to look on one; whose wit or land

new battery to thy heart may frame;

then think this name alive; and that thou thus

in it offendst my genius。

ix。

and when thy melted maid;

corrupted by thy lovers gold and page;

his letter at thy pillow hath laid;

disputed it; and tamed thy rage;

and thou beginst to thaw towards him; for this;

may my name step in; and hide his。

x。

and if this treason go

to an overt act and that thou write again;

in superscribing; this name flow

into thy fancy from the pane ;

so; in forgetting thou remembrest right;

and unaware to me shalt write。

xi。

but glass and lines must be

no means our firm substantial love to keep ;

near death inflicts this lethargy;

and this i murmur in my sleep ;

inpute this idle talk; to that i go;

for dying men talk often so。





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twickenham garden。

blasted with sighs; and surrounded with tears;

hither i e to seek the spring;

and at mine eyes; and at mine ears;

receive such balms as else cure every thing。

but o ! self…traitor; i do bring

the spider love; which transubstantiates all;

and can convert manna to gall ;

and that this place may thoroughly be thought

true paradise; i have the serpent brought。

twere wholesomer for me that winter did

benight the glory of this place;

and that a grave frost did forbid

these trees to laugh and mock me to my face ;

but that i may not this disgrace

endure; nor yet leave loving; love; let me

some senseless piece of this place be ;

make me a mandrake; so i may grow here;

or a stone fountain weeping out my year。

hither with crystal phials; lovers; e;

and take my tears; which are loves wine;

and try your mistress tears at home;

for all are false; that taste not just like mine。

alas ! hearts do not in eyes shine;

nor can you more judge womens thoughts by tears;

than by her shadow what she wears。

o perverse sex; where none is true but she;

whos therefore true; because her truth kills me。

valediction to his book。

ill tell thee now (dear love) what thou shalt do 

to anger destiny; as she doth us ; 

how i shall stay; though she eloign me thus; 

and how posterity shall know it too ; 

how thine may out…endure 

sibyls glory; and obscure 

her who from pindar could allure; 

and her; through whose help lucan is not lame; 

and her; whose book (they say) homer did find; and name。 

study our manuscripts; those myriads 

of letters; which have past twixt thee and me ; 

thence write our annals; and in them will be 

to all whom loves subliming fire invades; 

rule and example found ; 

there the faith of any ground 

no schismatic will dare to wound; 

that sees; how love this grace to us affords; 

to make; to keep; to use; to be these his records。 

this book; as long…lived as the elements; 

or as the worlds form; this all…gravèd tome 

in cypher writ; or new made idiom ; 

we for loves clergy only are instruments ; 

when this book is made thus; 

should again the ravenous 

vandals and goths invade us; 

learning were safe ; in this our universe; 

schools might learn sciences; spheres music; angels verse。 

here loves divines—since all divinity 

is love or wonder—may find all they seek; 

whether abstract spiritual love they like; 

their souls exhaled with what they do not see ; 

or; loth so to amuse 

faiths infirmity; they choose 

something which they may see and use ; 

for; though mind be the heaven; where love doth sit; 

beauty a convenient type may be to figure it。 

here more than in their books may lawyers find; 

both by what titles mistresses are ours; 

and how prerogative these states devours; 

transferrd from love himself; to womankind ; 

who; though from heart and eyes; 

they exact great subsidies; 

forsake him who on them relies ; 

and for the cause; honour; or conscience give ; 

chimeras vain as they or their prerogative。 

here statesmen—or of them; they which can read— 

may of their occupation find the grounds ; 

love; and their art; alike it deadly wounds; 

if to consider what tis; one proceed。 

in both they do excel 

who the present govern well; 

whose weakness none doth; or dares tell ; 

in this thy book; such will there something see; 

as in the bible some can find out alchemy。 

thus vent thy thoughts ; abroad ill study thee; 

as he removes far off; that great heights takes ; 

how great love is; presence best trial makes; 

but absence tries how long this love will be ; 

to take a latitude 

sun; or stars; are fitliest viewd 

at their brightest; but to conclude 

of longitudes; what other way have we; 

but to mark when and where the da
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