Donne

Famous quotes containing the word donne:

    This is my playes last scene, here heavens appoint
    My pilgrimages last mile; and my race
    Idly, yet quickly runne, hath this last pace,
    My spans last inch, my minutes last point,
    And gluttonous death, will instantly unjoynt
    My body, and soule, and I shall sleepe a space,
    —John Donne (1572–1631)

    God employs several translators; some pieces are translated by age, some by sickness, some by war, some by justice.
    —John Donne (c. 1572–1631)

    O my black soul! Now thou art summoned
    By sickness, death’s herald, and champion;
    Thou art like a pilgrim, which abroad hath done
    Treason,
    —John Donne (1572–1631)