Synopses & Reviews
This collection of Donne's work runs the gamut of the poet's many areas of brilliance: from love songs to religious hymns, from heartfelt elegies to holy sonnets. It includes some of his best-loved poems, including "Goe, and catche a falling starre," Loves Growthe" and "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning," as well as his religious and philosophical musings.
Includes poems read in their entirety as well as unabridged extracts.
Synopsis
This collection of Donne's work runs the gamut of the poet's many areas of brilliance: from love songs to religious hymns, from heartfelt elegies to holy sonnets. It includes some of his best-loved poems, including "Goe, and catche a falling starre," Loves Growthe" and "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning," as well as his religious and philosophical musings.
Includes poems read in their entirety as well as unabridged extracts.
About the Author
JOHN DONNE was born in 1572. He entered a diplomatic career and served as private secretary to Sir Thomas Egerton. However, when he eloped with Egerton's underage niece, Anne More, in 1601, the couple was disinherited and they lived in poverty for many years. He died in 1631 after posing for a portrait in his funeral shroud.