(24 January 1572 - 31 March 1631 / London, England)

poet John Donne
#40 on top 500 poets

Poems of John Donne

1. A Burnt Ship 1/1/2004
2. A dialogue between Sir Henry Wootton and Mr. Donne 4/9/2010
3. A Fever 1/3/2003
4. A Hymn To Christ At The Author's Last Going Into Germany 1/13/2003
5. A Hymn To God The Father 5/14/2001
6. A Jet Ring Sent 4/9/2010
7. A Lame Beggar 1/3/2003
8. A Lecture Upon The Shadow 5/14/2001
9. A Licentious Person 4/9/2010
10. A Litany 4/9/2010
11. A Nocturnal Upon St. Lucy's Day, Being The Shortest Day 5/14/2001
12. A Self Accuser 4/9/2010
13. A Sheaf Of Snakes Used Heretofore To Be My Seal, The Crest Of Our Poor Family 4/9/2010
14. A Valediction Of Weeping 5/14/2001
15. A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning 5/14/2001
16. A Valediction: of Weeping 1/3/2003
17. Air And Angels 1/3/2003
18. An Anatomy Of The World... 5/14/2001
19. An Obscure Writer 4/9/2010
20. Annunciation 4/9/2010

The Bait

Come live with me, and be my love,
And we will some new pleasures prove
Of golden sands, and crystal brooks,
With silken lines, and silver hooks.

There will the river whispering run
Warm'd by thy eyes, more than the sun;
And there the 'enamour'd fish will stay,
Begging themselves they may betray.

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