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Poems by John Donne

John Donne (1572–1631) is represented here by 34 public-domain poems. The collection associates this work with Metaphysical and England.

1572–1631MetaphysicalEngland34 poems

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  1. A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning36 lines · love · grief · metaphysical
  2. Air and Angels28 lines · love · spiritual · devotional
  3. Holy Sonnet X: Death Be Not Proud14 lines · death · spiritual · justice
  4. Song: Go and Catch a Falling Star27 lines · nature · joy · time
  5. The Dream30 lines · love · spiritual · mystical
  6. The Flea27 lines · metaphysical · featured
  7. The Funeral24 lines · death · spiritual · metaphysical
  8. The Good-Morrow21 lines · love · joy · metaphysical
  9. The Primrose30 lines · love · nature · metaphysical
  10. The Sun Rising30 lines · nature · time · justice
  11. A Hymn: To God the Father18 lines · spiritual · solitude · short lyric
  12. Celestial Music39 lines · love · death · nature
  13. Elegy IX: The Autumnal50 lines · love · death · nature
  14. Holy Sonnet I: Thou Hast Made Me14 lines · death · spiritual · sonnet
  15. Holy Sonnet II: As Due by Many Titles I Resign14 lines · spiritual · sonnet · short lyric
  16. Holy Sonnet III: O Might Those Sighs and Tears Return Again14 lines · grief · spiritual · voyage
  17. Holy Sonnet IV: Oh My Black Soul! Now Art Thou Summoned14 lines · spiritual · sonnet · short lyric
  18. Holy Sonnet IX: If Poisonous Minerals, and If That Tree14 lines · nature · spiritual · sonnet
  19. Holy Sonnet V: I Am a Little World Made Cunningly14 lines · spiritual · sonnet · short lyric
  20. Holy Sonnet VI: This Is My Play's Last Scene, Here Heavens Appoint14 lines · spiritual · sonnet · short lyric
  21. Holy Sonnet VII: At the Round Earth's Imagined Corners Blow14 lines · spiritual · justice · sonnet
  22. Holy Sonnet VIII: If Faithful Souls Be Alike Glorified14 lines · grief · spiritual · sonnet
  23. Holy Sonnet XI: Spit in My Face You Jews, and Pierce My Side14 lines · spiritual · sonnet · short lyric
  24. Holy Sonnet XII: Why Are We by All Creatures Waited on?14 lines · spiritual · imagination · sonnet
  25. Holy Sonnet XIII: What If This Present Were the World's Last Night?14 lines · love · spiritual · solitude
  26. Holy Sonnet XIX: Oh, to Vex Me, Contraries Meet in One14 lines · spiritual · sonnet · short lyric
  27. Holy Sonnet XV: Wilt Thou Love God, As He Thee? Then Digest14 lines · love · spiritual · sonnet
  28. Holy Sonnet XVI: Father, Part of His Double Interest14 lines · spiritual · justice · sonnet
  29. Holy Sonnet XVII: Since She Whom I Loved14 lines · love · spiritual · sonnet
  30. Holy Sonnet XVIII: Show me, dear Christ, thy Spouse, so bright and clear14 lines · love · spiritual · sonnet
  31. The Canonization45 lines · love · metaphysical
  32. The Ecstasy76 lines · love · mystical · solitude
  33. The Prohibition24 lines · love · death · metaphysical
  34. Woman's Constancy17 lines · love · short lyric · metaphysical