Sun Rising BY JOHN DONNE Busy old fool, unruly sun, Why dost thou thus,Through windows, and through curtains call on us?Must to thy motions lovers’ seasons run? Saucy pedantic wretch, go chide Late school boys and sour prentices, Go tell court huntsmen that the king will ride, Call country ants to harvest offices,Love, all alike,Continue reading “The Sun Rising : John Donne : : Morning Poems : :”
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Death Be Not Proud : John Donne : : Death Poems : :
Holy Sonnets: Death, be not proudBY JOHN DONNE ( 1572 – 1631 ) : : : : Death, be not proud, though some have called theeMighty and dreadful, for thou art not so;For those whom thou think’st thou dost overthrowDie not, poor Death, nor yet canst thou kill me.From rest and sleep, which but thyContinue reading “Death Be Not Proud : John Donne : : Death Poems : :”