John Donne

Quotes

• “Sir, more than kisses, letters mingle souls; / For, thus friends absent speak.”

• “Go and catch a falling star, / Get with child a mandrake root, / Tell me where all past years are, / Or who cleft the Devil's foot, / Teach me to hear mermaids singing, / Or to keep off envy's stinging, / And find / What wind / Serves to advance an honest mind.”

• “She, she is dead; she’s dead; when thou know’st this, / Thou know’st how dry a cinder this world is.”

• “If they be two, they are two so / As stiff twin compasses are two, / Thy soul the fixed foot, makes no show / To move, but doth, if the other do.”

Books by John Donne in order

Books by John Donne in the order they were published, from Pseudo-martyr (1610) to John Donne Selected Poems (2003).

1. 1Pseudo-martyrPseudo-martyr1610
2. 2Poems of John DonnePoems of John Donne1633
3. 3BiathanatosBiathanatos1644
4. 4The Works of John DonneThe Works of John Donne1839
5. 5Selected PoemsSelected Poems1904
6. 6The Love Poems of John DonneThe Love Poems of John Donne1905
7. 7Donne's SermonsDonne's Sermons1919
8. 8Devotions upon Emergent OccasionsDevotions upon Emergent Occasions1923
9. 9Complete Poetry and Selected ProseComplete Poetry and Selected Prose1929
10. 10DonneDonne1933
11. 11The Complete Poetry and Selected Prose of John DonneThe Complete Poetry and Selected Prose of John Donne1941
12. 12The Divine PoemsThe Divine Poems1952
13. 13The Sermons of John DonneThe Sermons of John Donne1953
14. 14The Songs and SonnetsThe Songs and Sonnets1957
15. 15Sermons on the Psalms and GospelsSermons on the Psalms and Gospels1963
16. 16The Elegies, and The Songs and SonnetsThe Elegies, and The Songs and Sonnets1965
17. 17Selected ProseSelected Prose1967
18. 18The Complete Poetry of John DonneThe Complete Poetry of John Donne1967
19. 19The FleaThe Flea1977
20. 20The Essential DonneThe Essential Donne1988
21. 21Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions and Death's DuelDevotions Upon Emergent Occasions and Death's Duel1999
22. 22Major WorksMajor Works2000
23. 23John Donne Selected PoemsJohn Donne Selected Poems2003
24. 24John Donne's PoetryJohn Donne's Poetry