John Donne Archives - The Final Paradox

For Whom the Bell Tolls

No man is an island, entire of itself; everyman is a piece of the continent,…

O eternal and most gracious God, who art able to make, and dost make, the…

Study me then, you who shall lovers be
At the next world, that is, at…

I scarce believe my love to be so pure
As I had thought it was,…

Death be not proud, though some have called thee
Mighty and dreadfull, for, thou art…

Stand still, and I will read to thee
A lecture, Love, in Love’s philosophy.
These…

Come live with me, and be my love,
And we will some new pleasures prove…

I wonder, by my troth, what thou and I
Did, till we loved? Were we…

If men be worlds, there is in every one
Something to answer in proportion
All…

No lover saith, I love, nor any other
Can judge a perfect lover ;
He…