Songs and Sonnets

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One short sleep past, we wake eternally,
And death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die.

John Donne

Songs and Sonnets

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Topic

The afterlife

Author

John Donne

Source

Sonnet X Songs and Sonnets

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1631 1630s 17th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Donne, John. "Sonnet X." Songs and Sonnets. London, 1633, I. 13.

Current Citation

Donne, John. "Holy Sonnet X." Selected Poems. Penguin Classics, 2007, I. 13.

All kings, and all their favourites,
All glory of honours, beauties, wits,
The sun itself, which makes times as they pass,
Is elder by a year, now, than it was
When thou and I first one another saw.
All other things to their destruction draw;
Only our love hath no decay;
This no tomorrow hath, nor yesterday;
Running it never runs from us away,
But truly keeps his first, last, everlasting day.

John Donne

Songs and Sonnets

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Topic

Undying love

Author

John Donne

Source

The Anniversary Songs and Sonnets

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1631 1630s 17th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Donne, John. "The Anniversary." Songs and Sonnets. London, 1633, st. 1, I. 1.

Current Citation

Donne, John. "The Anniversary." Selected Poems. Penguin Classics, 2007, st. 1, I. 1.