A sin, nor shame, nor loss of maidenhead. Yet this enjoys before it woo, And pampered, swells with one blood made of two, And this, alas, is more than we would do. Oh stay, three lives in one flea ...
Did, till we loved? were we not weaned till then? But sucked on country pleasures, childishly? Or snorted we in the Seven Sleepers' den? 'Twas so; but this, all pleasures fancies be.
The collection of works by the metaphysical poet is expected to be sold for between £200,000 and £300,000 A previously unknown 400-year-old manuscript of works by English poet John Donne has ...
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British poet and scholar John Donne famously wrote ‘No man is an island’ in his poem of the same name, and the adage has remained in popular vernacular since its 16th century beginnings. The original ...
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Tributes have been paid to the award-winning poet and novelist John Burnside, who has died at the age of 69. His publishers Jonathan Cape confirmed the Fife-born writer had died after a short illness.