John Donne

John Donne

Summary

Portrait of John Donne John Donne,  The Flea

“ Mark but this flea, and mark in this,
How little that which thou deniest me is;
It suck'd me first, and now sucks thee,
And in this flea our two bloods mingled be.
Thou know'st that this cannot be said
A sin, nor shame, nor loss of maidenhead;
⁠Yet this enjoys before it woo,
⁠And pamper'd swells with one blood made of two;
⁠And this, alas! is more than we would do.
O stay, three lives in one flea spare,
Where we almost, yea, more than married are.
This flea is you and I, and this
Our marriage bed, and marriage temple is.
”
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