Donne: Poems (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets) [Hardcover]

John Donne (Author)

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Series: Everyman's Library Pocket Poets | Publication Date: October 31, 1995

The Everyman's Library Pocket Poets hardcover series is popular for its compact size and reasonable price which does not compromise content. Poems: Donne contains Songs and Sonnets, Letters to the Countess of Bedford, The First Anniversary, Holy Sonnets, Divine Poems, excerpts from Paradoxes and Problems, Ignatius His Conclave, The Sermons, Essays and Devotions, and an index of first lines.

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Air [aire] And Angels
An Anatomy Of The World: The First Anniversary
The Anniversary [anniversarie]
The Apparition
The Bait
The Canonization
The Dissolution
The Dream
The Ecstasy [extasie]
Elegy: 16. On His Mistress
Elegy: 17. Variety
Elegy: 19. To His Mistress Going To Bed
The Expiration
The Flea
Good Friday, 1613. Riding Westward
The Good-morrow
Holy Sonnet: 1
Holy Sonnet: 10
Holy Sonnet: 12
Holy Sonnet: 13
Holy Sonnet: 14
Holy Sonnet: 17
Holy Sonnet: 18
Holy Sonnet: 3
Holy Sonnet: 5
Holy Sonnet: 6
Holy Sonnet: 7
Holy Sonnet: Annunciation
Holy Sonnet: Nativitie
Holy Sonnet: Satire 1
Holy Sonnet: Satire 2
Holy Sonnet: Satire 3. On Religion
Holy Sonnet: Satire 4
Holy Sonnet: Satire 5
A Hymn To Christ, At The Author's Last Going Into Germany
Hymn To God My God, In My Sickness
The Indifferent
A Lecture Upon The Shadow
The Legacy
The Litany: 1. The Father
The Litany: 10. The Martyrs
The Litany: 11. The Confessors
The Litany: 12. The Virgins
The Litany: 13. The Doctors
The Litany: 2. The Son
The Litany: 3. The Holy Ghost
The Litany: 4. The Trinity
The Litany: 5. The Virgin Mary
The Litany: 6. The Angels
The Litany: 7. The Patriarchs
The Litany: 8. The Prophets
The Litany: 9. The Apostles
Love's Alchemy
Love's Deity
Love's Growth
Love's Usury
The Message
A Nocturnal Upon St. Lucy's Day, Being The Shortest Day
The Paradox
The Relic
Resurrection, Imperfect
Song
Song
The Sun Rising
To The Countess Of Bedford (2)
To The Countess Of Bedford (3)
To The Countess Of Bedford (4)
To The Countess Of Bedford (poems About Deaths)
To The Countess Of Bedford; Begun In France But Never Perfected
The Triple Fool
Twicknam Garden
A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning
A Valediction: Of Weeping
The Will
Witchcraft By A Picture
Woman's Constancy
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder®

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The Everyman's Library Pocket Poets hardcover series is popular for its compact size and reasonable price which does not compromise content. Poems: Donne contains Songs and Sonnets, Letters to the Countess of Bedford, The First Anniversary, Holy Sonnets, Divine Poems, excerpts from Paradoxes and Problems, Ignatius His Conclave, The Sermons, Essays and Devotions, and an index of first lines.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: Everyman's Library (October 31, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 067944467X
• ISBN-13: 978-0679444671
• Product Dimensions: 4.4 x 0.7 x 6.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #308,645 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Inexpensive Hardcover Edition of Donne's Poems and Selected Prose, March 3, 2011

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This review is from: Donne: Poems (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets) (Hardcover)

John Donne wrote some of the most beautiful, intelligent, and passionate poetry in the English language! With some poets you get 1 or 2 of these qualities: with Donne you get all 3, and so I highly recommend his poetry to all lovers of poetry and English literature. The language is archaic and at times difficult, but that's also some of its beauty and charm. What's more noteworthy but less noticed than the oldness of the language is how fresh and alive it still seems and must have seemed in centuries past! While I love Donne's poetry especially because of his intelligent and beautiful passion for God, even those without religious faith will appreciate the brilliance and glory of Donne's poetry.

If you're able to keep up with Donne's poetry, you'll discover startling phrases and juxtapositions which were frowned upon in ages past but which I find helps invigorate the modern reader. Whether your primary way of apprehending poetry is religious, intellectual, or aesthetic, Donne will be a delight to you as it does me. Donne's poetry also has a very personal association with me: when I was courting my wife and in the early years of my marriage, I would read her the poetry of Donne and George Herbert. She not only loved the poetry but loved me more for having read it to her!

This Everyman's Library Pocket Poets edition is noteworthy because it's a relatively inexpensive hardcover edition of Donne's poetry. It also includes excerpts from much of his prose.

Highly recommended!