John Donne

John Donne

Summary

Portrait of John Donne John Donne,  Love's Diet

“ For eyes, which roll towards all, weep not, but sweat.
Whatever he would dictate I writ that,
But burnt her letters when she writ to me;
⁠And if that favour made him fat,
⁠I said, "If any title be
Convey'd by this, ah! what doth it avail,
To be the fortieth name in an entail?"
Thus I reclaim'd my buzzard love, to fly
At what, and when, and how, and where I choose.
⁠Now negligent of sports I lie,
⁠And now, as other falconers use,
I spring a mistress, swear, write, sigh, and weep
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