John Donne,
Elegy XIX: To His Mistress Going to Bed
(1654)
“ As souls unbodied, bodies unclothed must be To taste whole joys. Gems which you women use Are as Atlanta's balls, cast in men's views, That when a fool's eye lighteth on a gem His earthly soul may covet theirs not them. Like pictures, or like books' gay coverings made For laymen, are all women thus arrayed ”
John Donne,
Elegy XIX: To His Mistress Going to Bed
(1654)
“ License my roving hands, and let them go Behind before, above, between, below. Oh my America, my new found land, My kingdom, safeliest when with one man manned, My mine of precious stones, my Empery, How blessed am I in this discovering thee. To enter in these bonds is to be free, Then where my hand is set my seal shall be. ”
John Donne,
Elegy XIX: To His Mistress Going to Bed
(1654)
“ To teach thee, I am naked first: why then What need'st thou have more covering than a man. This work was published before January 1, 1928, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. ”
