«Death, be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so, For those whom thou think'st thou dost overthrow, Die not, poor death, nor yet canst thou kill me.» (from Holy Sonnet X) ~ «Batter my heart, three-personed God; for you As yet but knock, breathe, shine, and seek to mend.» (from Holy Sonnet XIV) ~ #BornOnThisDay: #JohnDonne (1572-1631), leading English poet of the Metaphysical school and dean of St. Paul's Cathedral, London, who is noted for his religious verse and treatises and for his sermons, which rank among the best of the 17th century, and often considered the greatest love poet in the English language. ~ Best-known works: • Meditation XVII ("No man is an Iland") (1624, devotional writing) • Songs and Sonnets (1633, poetry collection): "The Good-Morrow", "The Flea", Song: "Go, and catch a falling star", "The Sun Rising", "The Canonization", "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" • Holy Sonnets (1633, sonnet collection): I ("Thou hast made me, and shall thy work decay?"), X ("Death, Be Not Proud"), XIV ("Batter my heart, three-personed God") • Elegy XIX: "To His Mistress Going to Bed" (1654, elegy) ~ «Love, all alike, no season knows, nor clime, Nor hours, days, months, which are the rags of time.» (from "The Sun Rising") ~ #Donne #HolySonnets #TheFlea #TheGoodMorrow #TheCanonization #GoAndCatchAFallingStar #TheSunRising #AValedictionForbiddingMourning #DeathBeNotProud #BatterMyHeartThreePersonedGod #sonnet #metaphysicalpoetry #book #books #bookstagram #bibliophile #reading #read #booklove #bookoftheday #instabook #literature #bookclub #booktube #bookworm #poet #poetry #classics https://www.instagram.com/p/Bs7a2epnVc5/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1cdzz1xh91if1