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Holy Sonnet VI: This Is My Play's Last Scene, Here Heavens Appoint by John Donne
This is my play’s last scene, here heavens appoint
My pilgrimage’s last mile; and my race
Idly, ye..
Holy Sonnet XI: Spit In My Face You Jews, And Pierce My Side by John Donne
Spit in my face you Jews, and pierce my side,
Buffet, and scoff, scourge, and crucify me,
For I ha..
Holy Sonnet XVIII: Show me, dear Christ, thy Spouse, so bright and clear by John Donne
Show me, dear Christ, thy Spouse, so bright and clear.
What! is it She, which on the other shore
G..
Holy Sonnet IX: If Poisonous Minerals, And If That Tree by John Donne
If poisonous minerals, and if that tree
Whose fruit threw death on else immortal us,
If lecherous..
Holy Sonnet XIII: What If This Present Were The World's Last Night? by John Donne
What if this present were the world’s last night?
Mark in my heart, O soul, where thou dost dwell,
..
Holy Sonnet XIX: Oh, To Vex Me, Contraries Meet In One by John Donne
Oh, to vex me, contraries meet in one:
Inconstancy unnaturally hath begot
A constant habit; that w..
Holy Sonnet I: Tho Has Made Me by John Donne
Tho has made me, and shall thy work decay?
Repair me now, for now mine end doth haste;
I run to de..
Holy Sonnet IV: Oh My Black Soul! Now Art Thou Summoned by John Donne
Oh my black soul! now art thou summoned
By sickness, death’s herald, and champion;
Thou art like a..
Holy Sonnet III: O Might Those Sighs And Tears Return Again by John Donne
O might those sighs and tears return again
Into my breast and eyes, which I have spent,
That I mig..
Holy Sonnet II: As Due By Many Titles I Resign by John Donne
As due by many titles I resign
My self to Thee, O God; first I was made
By Thee, and for Thee, and..
Holy Sonnet XII: Why Are We By All Creatures Waited On? by John Donne
Why are we by all creatures waited on?
Why do the prodigal elements supply
Life and food to me, be..
Holy Sonnet XV: Wilt Thou Love God, As He Thee? Then Digest by John Donne
Wilt thou love God, as he thee? Then digest,
My soul, this wholesome meditation,
How God the Spiri..
Holy Sonnet VIII: If Faithful Souls Be Alike Glorified by John Donne
If faithful souls be alike glorified
As angels, then my fathers soul doth see,
And adds this even..
Holy Sonnet XVI: Father, Part Of His Double Interest by John Donne
Father, part of his double interest
Unto thy kingdom, thy Son gives to me,
His jointure in the kno..
HIS WISH TO PRIVACY by Robert Herrick
Give me a cell
To dwell,
Where no foot hath
A path;
There will I spend,
And end,
My wearied ye..
HOW PANSIES OR HEARTS-EASE CAME FIRST by Robert Herrick
Frolic virgins once these were,
Overloving, living here;
Being here their ends denied
Ran for swe..
HIS RETURN TO LONDON by Robert Herrick
From the dull confines of the drooping west,
To see the day spring from the pregnant east,
Ravish’..
His Meditation Upon Death by Robert Herrick
BE those few hours, which I have yet to spend,
Blest with the meditation of my end;
Though they..
His Prayer For Absolution by Robert Herrick
For those my unbaptized rhymes,
Writ in my wild unhallowed times,
For every sentence, clause, and..
HIS MISTRESS TO HIM AT HIS FAREWELL by Robert Herrick
You may vow I’ll not forget
To pay the debt
Which to thy memory stands as due
As faith can seal i..
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