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Author photo. John Donne, late 17th century copy of a 1616 work by Isaac Oliver (died 1622)

John Donne, late 17th century copy of a 1616 work by Isaac Oliver (died 1622)

John Donne (1) [1572–1631]

This page covers the author of The Complete English Poems.

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

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Works by John Donne

The Complete English Poems 1,413 copies, 5 reviews

The Complete Poetry and Selected Prose of John Donne 896 copies, 5 reviews

John Donne's Poetry [Norton Critical Edition] 659 copies, 4 reviews

The Penguin Poets: John Donne 575 copies, 4 reviews

Selected Poems (Dover Thrift Editions) 291 copies, 2 reviews

No Man Is an Island: A Selection from the Prose of John Donne 249 copies

The Major Works: Including Songs and Sonnets and Sermons 246 copies, 2 reviews

Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions and Death's Duel 242 copies, 2 reviews

The Poems of John Donne 231 copies, 1 review

The Love Poems of John Donne 228 copies, 2 reviews

Donne: Poems (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets) 208 copies, 1 review

Collected Poems of John Donne (Wordsworth Poetry Library) 195 copies

The Complete Poetry of John Donne 186 copies, 1 review

The complete poetry and selected prose of John Donne & the complete poetry… 155 copies, 1 review

John Donne: Selected Poems (Phoenix Poetry) 132 copies, 2 reviews

John Donne's Sermons on the Psalms and Gospels: With a Selection of… 126 copies

Poetical Works (Oxford Standard Authors: John Donne) 111 copies, 1 review

John Donne: Selections from Divine Poems, Sermons, Devotions and Prayers (Author) 89 copies

Donne: Selected Prose (Penguin Classics) 84 copies

Poems of Love 77 copies, 1 review

Donne: The Laurel Poetry Series 74 copies, 1 review

The Poems of John Donne (Kermode ed.) 68 copies

Selected Poetry (Oxford World's Classics) 67 copies

The showing forth of Christ; sermons 64 copies, 2 reviews

Devotions upon Emergent Occasions 61 copies, 1 review

John Donne (Everyman's Poetry) 60 copies, 2 reviews

Poetry and Prose 60 copies, 1 review

The Songs and Sonets of John Donne: Second Edition 57 copies

Selected poems 48 copies, 3 reviews

The Poems of John Donne 46 copies

The Selected Poetry of Donne (The Signet Classic Poetry Series) 44 copies, 1 review

Selected poetry 43 copies

One Equall Light: An Anthology of the Writings of John Donne 40 copies

The Love Poems of Robert Herrick and John Donne 38 copies

Biathanatos 35 copies, 1 review

Donne 34 copies, 1 review

The sermons of John Donne 34 copies, 1 review

John Donne: Selected Poems 33 copies

Donne ; selected poetry {Bloomsbury Poetry Classics} 28 copies

Donne's Sermons: Selected Passages 26 copies

Poems (Everyman Paperbacks) 26 copies

Holy Sonnets 25 copies, 3 reviews

Selected Poems (Crofts Classics) 25 copies

The divine poems 23 copies

Selected Poems of John Donne (Poetry Bookshelf) 22 copies

The Light of Glory: Readings from John Donne for Lent and Easter Week 22 copies

Elegies and The Songs and Sonnets (Oxford Scholarly Classics) 21 copies, 1 review

Selected Poems (Oxford Student Texts) 19 copies

The major metaphysical poets of the seventeenth century 18 copies

The Day 18 copies, 2 reviews

The Folio Poets: JOHN DONNE [Folio Society 2005] 18 copies

The Works of John Donne 18 copies

Poesie amorose, poesie teologiche 17 copies

Collected Poetry (Penguin Classics) 17 copies

JOHN DONNE POETRY AND PROSE 16 copies

Religious Poetry and Prose (Christian Classic) 16 copies

John Donne Devotions 14 copies

The Satires, Epigrams, and Verse Letters 13 copies

The Poems of John Donne Volume I: The Text of the Poems with Appendices… (Author) 13 copies

The life and letters of John Donne 12 copies

On Death 12 copies

Essays in Divinity 12 copies

Paradoxes and Problems (Oxford English Texts) 11 copies

Poèmes 11 copies

Gedichten 11 copies

The John Donne treasury (Great Christian classics series) 10 copies

Deaths duell: A sermon delivered before King Charles I in the beginning of… 10 copies

The poems of John Donne. Volume II: Introduction and Commentary 10 copies

Poems, by J.D. With elegies on the authors death 10 copies, 1 review

Some poems and a devotion of John Donne 10 copies

Delphi Complete Poetical Works of John Donne (Illustrated) (Delphi Poets… 9 copies

Selected Letters: John Donne (Anglican Classics) 8 copies

John Donne: Poems (Oxford Library of the World's Great Books) 8 copies

Hier lieg ich von der Lieb erschlagen. 8 copies, 2 reviews

John Donne: The Anniversaries 8 copies

Liriche sacre e profane: Anatomia del mondo: Duello della morte 8 copies

Going to Bed and Other Poems (Modern Library Minis) 8 copies

Love poems of John Donne: together with the devotion: "For whom the bell… 7 copies

John Donne (Poet to Poet) 7 copies

Poesia Completa 1-Bilingual Ed. 7 copies

Liefdesgedichten, heilige sonnetten en preken 7 copies

John Donne, the Complete English Poems! Folio Society Poets Collectors… 7 copies

Divine poems, devotions, prayers 7 copies

We lie down in hope: Selections from John Donne's meditations on sickness 6 copies

John Donne: Poems (Highbridge Classics) 6 copies

A Selection of Metaphysical Poets (Poetry Bookshelf) 6 copies

The Variorum Edition of the Poetry of John Donne, Volume 2: The Elegies 6 copies

Pseudo-Martyr: Wherein Out of Certaine Propositions and Gradations, This… 6 copies

X sermons preached by that late learned and reverend divine John Donne,… 6 copies

Letters to Severall Persons of Honour 6 copies

Selected Poetry and Prose (Methuen English Texts) 6 copies

Geh, fang einen Stern, der fällt: Gedichte von John Donne, George Herbert… 5 copies

The Illustrated Poets: John Donne 5 copies

Poesia Completa Ii Bilingual Ed. 5 copies

A Valediction Forbidding Mourning 5 copies, 1 review

The Works of John Donne: The Complete Poems 5 copies

Variorum edition of the poetry of John Donne. Volume 3, The satyres 5 copies

Donne's sermon of valediction at his going into Germany, preached at… 5 copies

The holy sonnets of John Donne (Librettist) 5 copies

The Variorum Edition of the Poetry of John Donne, Vol. 8: The Epigrams,… 5 copies

The Variorum Edition of the Poetry of John Donne, Volume 6: The… 5 copies

JOHN DONNE COMPLETE WORKS ULTIMATE COLLECTION - All Poems, Love Poetry,… 5 copies

The Courtier's Library, or Catalogus Librorum Aulicorum incomparabilium et… 5 copies

Alchimie der Liebe 5 copies

John Donne The Divine Poems 5 copies

Poesie sacre e profane. Testo originale a fronte 5 copies

Songs and Sonnets 4 copies, 1 review

The Poems of John Donne (Heritage Club Series) 4 copies

John Donne (Illustrated Poets) 4 copies

Ancient History of the Septuagint 4 copies

Ignatius His Conclave 4 copies

Poems (Everyman's library. Poetry & the drama) 4 copies

Poesia Completa TOMO II Bilingue (Spanish Edition) 4 copies

Go and Catch a Falling Star 4 copies

John Donne (The Library of Great Poetry) 4 copies

Donne's Prebend Sermons 4 copies

John Donne 3 copies

Poems of John Donne 3 copies

Skabrösa elegier och heliga sonetter 3 copies

The Complete John Donne: The Complete Poetry Collections, Prose and… 3 copies

Death Be Not Proud 3 copies

Selected Poetry (Miniature Classics Library) 3 copies

John Donne: Selected Poems 3 copies

The prayers of John Donne : selected and edited from the earliest sources,… 3 copies, 1 review

The Good-Morrow (from The Norton Anthology of English Literature Volume 1) 3 copies

The Canonization (included in The Norton Introduction to Literature - 5th… 3 copies

The Epithalamions, Anniversaries and Epicedes (Oxford English Texts) 3 copies

The Flea 3 copies, 1 review

Poesie 3 copies

Zwar ist auch Dichtung Sünde: Gedichte englisch und deutsch 3 copies

Donna mia, a group of love poems, with drawings by Kurt Roesch. 3 copies

John Donne. (Poetry and prose of John Donne selected by Walter Sydney… 3 copies

John Donne's 1622 Gunpowder Plot Sermon: A Parallel-Text Edition… 3 copies

Poésie 3 copies

Poems Of John Donne V1 2 copies

The First Anniversarie: An Anatomie of the World (The English replicas)… 2 copies

English Lyric Poetry: John Donne, William Wordsworth, John Keats, William… 2 copies

The Variorum Edition of the Poetry of John Donne, Volume 5: The Verse… 2 copies

The poems of John Donne, from the text of the edition of 1633 revised by… 2 copies

Sonetos de Meditação 2 copies, 1 review

Poesie. Testo inglese a fronte 2 copies

Song 2 copies

Sonetos y canciones : poesía erótica 2 copies

The Great Poets: John Donne 2 copies

Embrace: A Collection of Poetry and Prose in Celebration of Love (love) 2 copies

The Anniversary Poems 2 copies

Holy Sonnet 7 (At the round earth's imagined corners, blow) 2 copies, 1 review

The Best of John Donne (featuring "A Valediction Forbidding Mourning",… 2 copies

The first and Second Anniversaries. - (1) - An anatomy of the world; (2) -… 2 copies

One Hundred And Fifty Favourite Poems: English Language Classics 2 copies

The Oxford Edition of the Sermons of John Donne: Volume 12: Sermons… 2 copies

Meditações 2 copies

Komu zvoní hrana 2 copies

Holy Sonnet 14 (Batter my heart three-personed God ... ) {poem} 2 copies, 1 review

Sacred & Profane Love: The Poetry of John Donne 2 copies

The poetical works of Dr. John Donne : with a memoir 2 copies

Erleuchte, Dame, unsere Finsternis : Songs, Sonette, Elegien ;… 2 copies

Eit menneske er inga øy : dikt og prosa 2 copies

Poesia Erotica 2 copies

The Sermons of John Donne. Edited with Introductions and Critical… 2 copies

The poetical works of Dr. John Donne. ... To which is prefixed the life of… 2 copies

Poems, &c. 2 copies

Where many Shipwrack 2 copies

A prayer / by John Donne 1 copy

Stay, O Sweet (The Compete Harvard Classics Collection, vol. 40) (KINDLE) 1 copy

Present in Absence (The Compete Harvard Classics Collection, vol. 40)… 1 copy

The Selected Poetry of John Donne 1 copy

The Poems of John Donne, Vol. 45., George H. and Dora Liveakos Collection 1 copy

John Donne Selected Poems unabridge 1 copy

The Good Morrow (The Compete Harvard Classics Collection, vol. 40)… 1 copy

Variorum Edition of the Poetry of John Donne, Volume 4.1: The Songs and… 1 copy

The Works of John Donne: Death's Duel, Songs and Sonnets, Divine Poems,… 1 copy

The Blossom (The Compete Harvard Classics Collection, vol. 40) (KINDLE) 1 copy

Elegías. (Elegies) 1 copy

The Love Poems of John Donne 1 copy

Selected Prose 1 copy

THE SERMONS OF JOHN DONNE Selected and Introduced By Theodore Gill 1 copy

SERMONI 1 copy

Poems of John Donne 1 copy

John Donne - The Major Works: including Songs and Sonnets and sermons 1 copy

Treasury of John Donne 1 copy

Healing Poetry 1 copy, 1 review

John Donne's Sermons; Selected Passages, With An Essay by Logan… 1 copy

Selections from "Divine Poems", "Sermons", "Devotions and Prayers"… 1 copy

Love Poems of John Donne / Read By Richard Burton 1 copy

The Poetry of John Donne 1 copy

Donne poems 1 copy

Love's Deity (The Compete Harvard Classics Collection, vol. 40) (KINDLE) 1 copy

John Donne: Poems 1 copy

John Donne: Poems, Franklin Library 1 copy

Poems 1 copy

Poems of John Donne (Classic Reprint) 1 copy

The poems of John Donne (Selected) 1 copy

John Donne's Poetry 1 copy

Poems of John Donne (The Muses' Library) Vol. 1 1 copy

The Sermons of John Donne. Edited By Evelyn M. Simpson and George R.… 1 copy

John Donne The Augustan Books Of English Poetry 1 copy

Selected Prose 1 copy

Selections from "Divine Poems", "Sermons", "Devotions and Prayers"… 1 copy

Poems of John Donne, Vol. II 1 copy

Poetry of Johne Donne 1 copy

Meditation XVII, From the Devotions of John Donne [Watch Hill Farm Press… 1 copy

Sonetti sacri e poesie profane 1 copy

A Sermon Preached at Lincoln's Inn by John Donne on the Ninth Verse of… 1 copy

John Donne'S Sermons On The Psalms & Gospels 1 copy

Paradojas y devociones 1 copy

John Donne: Poesía completa - Volumen II (Edición bilingüe… 1 copy

Selections from John Donne 1 copy

Devotions, by John Donne ... With two sermons: I. On the decease of Lady… 1 copy

Discussions of John Donne 1 copy

Poems and Prose of John Donne (Selected) 1 copy

Woman's Constancy (Interpreting Literature - 5th Edition) 1 copy

Air and Angels 1 copy

Poems of John Donne in Two Volumes (The Muses Library) 1 copy

Poems on several occasions. Written by the Reverend John Donne, ... With… 1 copy

An Anatomy of the World: Wherein, by Occasion of the Untimely Death of… 1 copy

The Love Poetry of John Donne {Audiobook} 1 copy

Donne - Selected 1 copy

Poems on several occasions 1 copy

The Life and Letters of John Donne. - Dean of St. Paul's - in 2 Volumes.… 1 copy

John Donne's Devotions - Enhanced Version 1 copy

Tien liefdesgedichten en Drie preken 1 copy

Poèmes de John Donne 1 copy

The Sun Rising (included in The Norton Introduction to Literature - 5th… 1 copy

Cien Poemas 1 copy

The Sermons of John Donne, Volume IV 1 copy

The Sermons of John Donne, Volume III 1 copy

The Sermons of John Donne, Volume II 1 copy

The Sermons of John Donne, Volume VI 1 copy

The Sermons of John Donne, Volume VII 1 copy

The Sermons of John Donne, Volume X 1 copy

The Sermons of John Donne, Volume IX 1 copy

The Sermons of John Donne, Volume VIII 1 copy

The Sermons of John Donne, Volume I 1 copy

Love poems ... With some account of his life taken from the writings in… 1 copy

Poesie amorose 1 copy

Deuotions vpon emergent occasions, and seuerall steps in my sicknes, etc 1 copy

Selection Poems 1 copy

Paradoxes, problemes, essayes, characters, written by Dr. Donne, Dean of… 1 copy

The Sermons of John Donne, Volume V 1 copy

Selected Shorter Poems 1 copy

Treasury of John Donne 1 copy

Six poems from the Songs and sonnets of John Donne : printed to celebrate… 1 copy

Mud Walls: Excerpts from the Sermons of John Donne 1 copy

Sermons XV and LXVI 1 copy

sermons of John Donne, The 1 copy

Selections of John Donne 1 copy

Medytacje ; Alembik Śmierci 1 copy

The Divine Poems of John Donne [and] The Elegies and the Songs and Sonnets… 1 copy

The Works of John Donne, D.D., Dean of Saint Paul’s 1621-1631: With a… 1 copy

Canciones y Poemas de Amor (Spanish Edition) 1 copy

The First and Second Dalhousie Manuscripts 1 copy

LXXX sermons preached by that learned and reverend divine Iohn Donne Dr in… 1 copy

Wiersze wybrane 1 copy

The Dream (The Compete Harvard Classics Collection, vol. 40) (KINDLE) 1 copy

Song (The Compete Harvard Classics Collection, vol. 40) (KINDLE) 1 copy

Sweetest Love, I do not Go (The Compete Harvard Classics Collection, vol.… 1 copy

Death (The Compete Harvard Classics Collection, vol. 40) (KINDLE) 1 copy

A Hymn to God the Father (The Compete Harvard Classics Collection, vol.… 1 copy

Five Sermons Upon Special Occasions 1 copy

The Funeral (The Compete Harvard Classics Collection, vol. 40) (KINDLE) 1 copy

The poems of John Donne [vol. II] 1 copy

The Life and Letters of John Donne - Dean of St. Paul's - in two volumes -… 1 copy

Elegies 1 copy

Other Divine Poems 1 copy

Satires 1 copy

Elegy 19: To His Mistress going to Bed 1 copy

Elegie a písně 1 copy

Holy Sonnets and Other Divine Poems 1 copy

Nach John Donne 1 copy

Marriage Poems 1 copy

Epicedes and Obsequies 1 copy

Paradoxes 1 copy

Problems 1 copy

Letters of John Donne 1 copy

Doubtful Verses 1 copy

Latin Poems 1 copy

Epigrams 1 copy

Infinitati Sacrum 1 copy

Lover's Infiniteness (The Compete Harvard Classics Collection, vol. 40)… 1 copy

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The Best Poems of the English Language: From Chaucer Through Robert Frost (Contributor) 796 copies, 2 reviews

The Metaphysical Poets (Contributor) 787 copies

Watch for the Light: Readings for Advent and Christmas (Contributor) 545 copies, 8 reviews

World Poetry: An Anthology of Verse from Antiquity to Our Time (Contributor) 377 copies, 2 reviews

English Poetry, Volume I: From Chaucer to Gray (Contributor) 376 copies

Seventeenth-Century Prose and Poetry (Author) 185 copies, 2 reviews

Poems Bewitched and Haunted (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets) (Contributor) 128 copies

English Renaissance Poetry: A Collection of Shorter Poems from Skelton to… (Contributor) 119 copies

The Standard Book of British and American Verse (Contributor) 89 copies, 1 review

The Everyman Anthology of Poetry for Children (Contributor) 53 copies

The Poetry Pharmacy: Tried-and-True Prescriptions for the Heart, Mind and… 48 copies, 1 review

Poems of Faith (Contributor) 32 copies

Out of the Best Books: An Anthology of Literature, Vol. 1: The Individual… (Contributor) 31 copies

Poetry of Witness: The Tradition in English, 1500 - 2001 (Contributor) 27 copies, 1 review

Out of the Best Books: An Anthology of Literature, Vol. 4: The World… (Contributor; Contributor) 23 copies

Classic Essays in English (Contributor) 23 copies

The Norton Anthology of English Literature, 4th Edition, Volume 1 (Contributor) 23 copies

Four Metaphysical Poets Eman Poet Lib #24 (Everyman Poetry) (Contributor, some editions) 20 copies

The Renaissance in England (Contributor) 15 copies

Classic Hymns & Carols (Contributor) 11 copies

Men And Women: The Poetry Of Love (Contributor) 7 copies

English poetic satire: Wyatt to Byron (Contributor) 6 copies

Det nappar! Det nappar! : en antologi (Contributor) 3 copies

Characters : together with poems, news, edicts, and paradoxes based on the… (Contributor) 2 copies

The Harmony of the Muses (1654) (Contributor) 1 copy

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St. Paul's Cathedral, London, England, UK

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London, England, UK

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London, England, UK

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Pyrford, Surrey, England, UK

Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK

Education

Oxford University (Hertford College)

University of Cambridge ( [1618])

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Member of Parliament

secretary (to Thomas Egerton)

Dean (St. Paul's ∙ London)

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Donne, George (son)

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The first biography, Izaak Walton's Life of Donne, is available at http://anglicanhistory.org/walton/don... Poems and other works by Donne can be found at http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/do... Recent novels written about John Donne include Mary Novik's Conceit, http://www.marynovik.com

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