《John Donne Selected Poems》

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and equal traitors be she and his sense。 

may he dream treason; and believe that he 

meant to perform it; and confesses; and die; 

and no record tell why ; 

his sons; which none of his may be; 

inherit nothing but his infamy ; 

or may he so long parasites have fed; 

that he would fain be theirs whom he hath bred; 

and at the last be circumcised for bread。 

the venom of all stepdames; gamesters gall; 

what tyrants and their subjects interwish; 

what plants; mine; beasts; fowl; fish; 

can contribute; all ill; which all 

prophets or poets spake; and all which shall 

be annexd in schedules unto this by me; 

fall on that man ; for if it be a she 

nature beforehand hath out…cursèd me。 

the message。

send home my long strayd eyes to me;

which; o ! too long have dwelt on thee ;

yet since there they have learnd such ill;

such forced fashions;

and false passions;

that they be

made by thee

fit for no good sight; keep them still。

send home my harmless heart again;

which no unworthy thought could stain ;

which if it be taught by thine

to make jestings

of protestings;

and break both

word and oath;

keep it; for then tis none of mine。

yet send me back my heart and eyes;

that i may know; and see thy lies;

and may laugh and joy; when thou

art in anguish

and dost languish

for some one

that will none;

or prove as false as thou art now。

a nocturnal upon st。 lucys day;

being the shortest day。

tis the years midnight; and it is the days;

lucys; who scarce seven hours herself unmasks ;

the sun is spent; and now his flasks

send forth light squibs; no constant rays ;

the worlds whole sap is sunk ;

the general balm th hydroptic earth hath drunk;

whither; as to the beds…feet; life is shrunk;

dead and interrd ; yet all these seem to laugh;

pared with me; who am their epitaph。

study me then; you who shall lovers be

at the next world; that is; at the next spring ;

for i am every dead thing;

in whom love wrought new alchemy。

for his art did express

a quintessence even from nothingness;

from dull privations; and lean emptiness ;

he ruind me; and i am re…begot

of absence; darkness; death—things which are not。

all others; from all things; draw all thats good;

life; soul; form; spirit; whence they being have ;

i; by loves limbec; am the grave

of all; thats nothing。 oft a flood

have we two wept; and so

drownd the whole world; us two ; oft did we grow;

to be two chaoses; when we did show

care to aught else ; and often absences

withdrew our souls; and made us carcasses。

but i am by her death—which word wrongs her—

of the first nothing the elixir grown ;

were i a man; that i were one

i needs must know ; i should prefer;

if i were any beast;

some ends; some means ; yea plants; yea stones detest;

and love ; all; all some properties invest。

if i an ordinary nothing were;

as shadow; a light; and body must be here。

but i am none ; nor will my sun renew。

you lovers; for whose sake the lesser sun

at this time to the goat is run

to fetch new lust; and give it you;

enjoy your summer all;

since she enjoys her long nights festival。

let me prepare towards her; and let me call

this hour her vigil; and her eve; since this

both the years and the days deep midnight is。 

witchcraft by a picture。

i fix mine eye on thine; and there 

pity my picture burning in thine eye ; 

my picture drownd in a transparent tear; 

when i look lower i espy ; 

hadst thou the wicked skill 

by pictures made and marrd; to kill; 

how many ways mightst thou perform thy will? 

but now ive drunk thy sweet salt tears; 

and though thou pour more; ill depart ; 

my picture vanished; vanish all fears 

that i can be endamaged by that art ; 

though thou retain of me 

one picture more; yet that will be; 

being in thine own heart; from all malice free。 

the bait。

e live with me; and be my love;

and we will some new pleasures prove

of golden sands; and crystal brooks;

with silken lines and silver hooks。

there will the river whispring run

warmd by thy eyes; more than the sun ;

and there th enamourd fish will stay;

begging themselves they may betray。

when thou wilt swim in that live bath;

each fish; which every channel hath;

will amorously to thee swim;

gladder to catch thee; than thou him。

if thou; to be so seen; best loth;

by sun or moon; thou darknest both;

and if myself have leave to see;

i need not their light; having thee。

let others freeze with angling reeds;

and cut their legs with shells and weeds;

or treacherously poor fish beset;

with strangling snare; or windowy net。

let coarse bold hands from slimy nest

the bedded fish in banks out…wrest ;

or curious traitors; sleeve…silk flies;

bewitch poor fishes wandring eyes。

for thee; thou needst no such deceit;

for thou thyself art thine own bait :

that fish; that is not catchd thereby;

alas ! is wiser far than i。

the apparition。

when by thy scorn; o murdress; i am dead;

and that thou thinkst thee free

from all solicitation from me;

then shall my ghost e to thy bed;

and thee; feignd vestal; in worse arms shall see :

then thy sick taper will begin to wink;

and he; whose thou art then; being tired before;

will; if thou stir; or pinch to wake him; think

thou callst for more;

and; in false sleep; will from thee shrink :

and then; poor aspen wretch; neglected thou

bathed in a cold quicksilver sweat wilt lie;

a verier ghost than i。

what i will say; i will not tell thee now;

lest that preserve thee ; and since my love is spent;

id rather thou shouldst painfully repent;

than by my threatenings rest still innocent。

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the broken heart。

he is stark mad; whoever says;

that he hath been in love an hour;

yet not that love so soon decays;

but that it can ten in less space devour ;

who will believe me; if i swear

that i have had the plague a year?

who would not laugh at me; if i should say

i saw a flash of powder burn a day?

ah; what a trifle is a heart;

if once into loves hands it e !

all other griefs allow a part

to other griefs; and ask themselves but some ;

they e to us; but us love draws ;

he swallows us and never chaws ;

by him; as by chaind shot; whole ranks do die ;

he is the tyrant pike; our hearts the fry。

if twere not so; what did bee

of my heart when i first saw thee?

i brought a heart into the room;

but from the room i carried none with me。

if it had gone to thee; i know

mine would have taught thine heart to show

more pity unto me ; but love; alas !

at one first blow did shiver it as glass。

yet nothing can to nothing fall;

nor any place be empty quite ;

therefore i think my breast hath all

those pieces still; though they be not unite ;

and now; as broken glasses show

a hundred lesser faces; so

my rags of heart can like; wish; and adore;

but after one such love; can love no more。

the ecstacy。

where; like a pillow on a bed; 

a pregnant bank swelld up; to rest 

the violets reclining head; 

sat we two; one anothers best。 

our hands were firmly cemented 

by a fast balm; which thence did spring ; 

our eye…beams twisted; and did thread 

our eyes upon one double string。 

so to engraft our hands; as yet 

was all the means to make us one ; 

and pictures in our eyes to get 

was all our propagation。 

as; twixt two equal armies; fate 

suspends uncertain victory; 

our souls—which to advance their state; 

were gone out—hung twixt her and me。 

and whilst our souls negotiate there; 

we like sepulchral statues lay ; 

all day; the same our postures were; 

and we said nothing; all the day。

if any; so by love refined; 

that he souls language understood; 

and by good love were grown all mind; 

within convenient distance stood; 

he—though he knew not which soul spake; 

because both meant; both spake the same— 

might thence a new concoction take; 

and part far purer than he came。 

this ecstasy doth unperplex 

(we said) and tell us what we love ; 

we see by this; it was not sex ; 

we see; we saw not; what did move : 

but as all several souls contain 

mixture of things they know not what; 

love these mixd souls doth mix again; 

and makes both one; each this; and that。 

a single violet transplant; 

the strength; the colour; and the size— 

all which before was poor and scant— 

redoubles still; and multiplies。 

when love with one another so 

interanimates two souls; 

that abler soul; which thence doth flow; 

defects of loneliness controls。

we then; who are this new soul; know; 

of what we are posed; and made; 

for th atomies of which we grow 

are souls; whom no change can invade。 

but; o alas ! so long; so far; 

our bodies why do we forbear? 

they are ours; though not we ; we are 

th intelligences; they the spheres。 

we owe them thanks; because they thus 

did u
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