John Donne

John Donne

Summary

Portrait of John Donne John Donne,  The Damp

“ And let th' enchantress Honour, next be slain;
⁠And like a Goth and Vandal rise,
⁠Deface records and histories
Of your own arts and triumphs over men,
And without such advantage kill me then,
For I could muster up, as well as you,
⁠My giants, and my witches too,
Which are vast Constancy and Secretness;
But these I neither look for nor profess;
⁠Kill me as woman, let me die
⁠As a mere man; do you but try
Your passive valour, and you shall find then,
Naked you have odds enough of any man.
”
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