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John Donne poetry
Feb. 14th, 2020 04:46 pmThis poem dedicated to his mistress is sublime:
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/50340/to-his-mistress-going-to-bed
It is hard to believe that the same poet that inspired Yeats and TS Elliot, eventually became a devout priest (that wrote some of the best English sermons).
I will not even try to translate the poem as I can not do it justice.
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/50340/to-his-mistress-going-to-bed
It is hard to believe that the same poet that inspired Yeats and TS Elliot, eventually became a devout priest (that wrote some of the best English sermons).
I will not even try to translate the poem as I can not do it justice.
