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John Donne (1) (1572–1631)

Author of The Complete English Poems

For other authors named John Donne, see the disambiguation page.

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About the Author

Poet and churchman John Donne was born in London in 1572. He attended both the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge, but did not receive a degree from either university. He studied law at Lincoln's Inn, London, in 1592, and was appointed private secretary to Sir Thomas Egerton, show more Keeper of the Great Seal, in 1598. He became an Anglican priest in 1615 and was appointed royal chaplain later that year. In 1621 he was named dean of St. Paul's Cathedral. Donne prepared for his own death by leaving his sickbed to deliver his own funeral sermon, "Death's Duel", and then returned home to have a portrait of himself made in his funeral shroud. He died in London on March 31, 1631. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Image credit: John Donne, late 17th century copy of a 1616 work by Isaac Oliver (died 1622)

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Works by John Donne

The Complete English Poems (1971) 1,705 copies
The Poems of John Donne (1777) 276 copies
The Love Poems of John Donne (1633) 266 copies
Poems of Love (1958) 85 copies
The Poems of John Donne (1912) 65 copies
Poetry and Prose (1946) 63 copies
Selected poems (2007) 51 copies
Selected poetry (1966) 47 copies
Sermons (1958) 44 copies
John Donne: Selected Poems (1994) 44 copies
Biathanatos (1930) 41 copies
Donne (1964) 37 copies
Holy Sonnets (1938) 32 copies
Poems (Everyman Paperbacks) (1931) 30 copies
The Poetry of John Donne (2019) 28 copies
The Works of John Donne (1952) 24 copies
The Day (1967) 20 copies
JOHN DONNE POETRY AND PROSE (1946) 19 copies
Essays in Divinity (1952) 17 copies
The major metaphysical poets of the seventeenth century (1968) — Contributor — 17 copies
Poèmes (1992) 14 copies
On Death (2008) 13 copies
John Donne (Poet to Poet) (2012) 11 copies
Gedichten (1993) 11 copies
Selection Poems 7 copies
Ignatius His Conclave (1969) 7 copies
Donne's Prebend Sermons (1971) 6 copies
The holy sonnets of John Donne (1946) — Librettist — 6 copies
Alchimie der Liebe (1996) 5 copies
The Flea (1977) 5 copies
Death Be Not Proud {poem} (2017) 4 copies
Poesie (2007) 4 copies
Songs and Sonnets (2010) 4 copies
Poesia Erotica (1978) 3 copies
Where many Shipwrack (2004) 3 copies
Meditações (2012) 3 copies
Poésie (1994) 3 copies
John Donne (1984) 3 copies
Poems of John Donne (1949) 3 copies
Sermons XV and LXVI (2013) 2 copies
The Anniversary Poems (2016) 2 copies
Elegías. (Elegies) (2006) 2 copies
Paradojas y devociones (1996) 2 copies
Poems, &c. 2 copies
Poems Of John Donne V1 (2006) 2 copies
John Donne: Poems (1999) 1 copy
Healing Poetry (2013) 1 copy
Poèmes 1 copy
Elegias Amorosas (1997) 1 copy
Selected Prose (1967) 1 copy
Donne Poetical Works (1968) 1 copy
Poems (1994) 1 copy
Donne poems 1 copy
Donne poems 1 copy
Devociones 1 copy
John Donne Collection (2006) 1 copy
Elegie a písně (2001) 1 copy
Poèmes de John Donne (1962) 1 copy
Air and Angels (2012) 1 copy
Nach John Donne (2004) 1 copy
Elegies 1 copy
Treasury of John Donne (1987) 1 copy
Cien Poemas (2004) 1 copy
Selected Prose (2015) 1 copy
SERMONI 1 copy
Satires 1 copy
Problems 1 copy
Epigrams 1 copy
Latin Poems 1 copy
Paradoxes 1 copy
Wiersze wybrane (1984) 1 copy

Associated Works

The Making of a Poem: A Norton Anthology of Poetic Forms (2000) — Contributor — 1,228 copies
The Metaphysical Poets (1957) — Contributor — 921 copies
Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama (1995) — Contributor, some editions — 902 copies
Watch for the Light: Readings for Advent and Christmas (1996) — Contributor — 740 copies
The Nation's Favourite Poems (1996) — Contributor — 617 copies
The Best Loved Poems of Jacqueline Kennedy-Onassis (2001) — Contributor — 537 copies
A Treasury of the World's Best Loved Poems (1961) — Contributor — 516 copies
English Poetry, Volume I: From Chaucer to Gray (1910) — Contributor — 513 copies
Literature: The Human Experience (2006) — Contributor — 335 copies
The Penguin Book of Renaissance Verse: 1509-1659 (1992) — Contributor — 281 copies
The Complete Poems and Translations (1971) — Contributor, some editions — 254 copies
Seventeenth-Century Prose and Poetry (1929) — Author — 209 copies
A Literary Christmas: An Anthology (2013) — Contributor — 125 copies
Major British Writers, Volumes I and II (1954) — Contributor — 121 copies
The Standard Book of British and American Verse (1932) — Contributor — 110 copies
The Norton Book of Friendship (1991) — Contributor — 92 copies
The Everyman Anthology of Poetry for Children (1994) — Contributor — 71 copies
Poems of Faith (2002) — Contributor — 42 copies
Poetry of Witness: The Tradition in English, 1500-2001 (2014) — Contributor — 38 copies
Four Metaphysical Poets Eman Poet Lib #24 (Everyman Poetry) (1985) — Contributor, some editions — 26 copies
Classic Essays in English (1961) — Contributor — 22 copies
Masters of British Literature, Volume A (2007) — Contributor — 20 copies
Loss: An Anthology (1997) — Contributor — 18 copies
The Renaissance in England (1966) — Contributor — 15 copies
Classic Hymns & Carols (2012) — Contributor — 14 copies
Men and Women: The Poetry of Love (1970) — Contributor — 8 copies
English poetic satire: Wyatt to Byron (1972) — Contributor — 6 copies
Poetry anthology (2000) — Contributor, some editions — 6 copies
Det nappar! Det nappar! : en antologi (2006) — Contributor — 3 copies
American Aphrodite (Volume Three, Number Ten) (1953) — Contributor — 2 copies
The Harmony of the Muses (1654) (1990) — Contributor — 1 copy

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Most of the Love Poems deal with Death and Despair.

Only four resonated with me:

Love's Growth
Break of Day
Lover's Infinities
and - The Bait
 
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m.belljackson | 2 other reviews | Nov 28, 2023 |
Wood engravings by Jane Lydbury. Fleece Press. One of 200 copies bound in maroon paper boards with paper label. 200 copies of this book were printed by hand by Simon Lawrence on an 1853 Hopkinson and Cope Albion Press. The type is Van Dijck, and the paper is Barcham Green Charter Oak. 7 copies were printed on sheepskin parchment and bound by Angela James.
 
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zadkine | Aug 27, 2023 |
The star rating shows my enjoyment level, not the book's quality. I am in no way qualified to say anything about that. I did enjoy reading these poems though. The early ones were saucy, snarky and quite naughty. The later Divine poems were beautiful. All were interesting, though I am lacking quite a bit of knowledge to get their full meaning.
½
 
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MrsLee | 1 other review | Sep 16, 2022 |

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