Quotes by John Donne, The Complete English Poems

Explore a curated collection of 13 quotes by John Donne, The Complete English Poems. Discover timeless wisdom, insightful thoughts, and memorable words that have inspired readers around the world. Browse through the gallery below and click on any quote to read more.

I am two fools, I know,For loving, and for saying so. — John Donne, The Complete English Poems
Up then, fair phoenix bride, frustrate the sun;Thyself from thine affectionTakest warmth enough, and from thine eyeAll l — John Donne, The Complete English Poems
Licence my roving hands, and let them go Before, behind, between, above, below. — John Donne, The Complete English Poems
My face in thine eye, thine in mine appeares, And true plaine hearts doe in the faces rest, Where can we finde two bette — John Donne, The Complete English Poems
And to 'scape stormy days, I choose an everlasting night. — John Donne, The Complete English Poems
True and false fears let us refrain, Let us love nobly, and live, and add again Years and years unto years, till we atta — John Donne, The Complete English Poems
Love's mysteries in souls do grow,But yet the body is his book. — John Donne, The Complete English Poems
If our two loves be one, or, thou and I Love so alike, that none do slacken, none can die. — John Donne, The Complete English Poems
How blest am I in this discovering thee!To enter in these bonds is to be free;Then where my hand is set, my seal shall b — John Donne, The Complete English Poems
Only our love hath no decay; This no tomorrow hath, nor yesterday, Running it never runs from us away, But truly keeps h — John Donne, The Complete English Poems
Love, built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies. — John Donne, The Complete English Poems
A bride, before a "Good-night" could be said,Should vanish from her clothes into her bed,As souls from bodies steal, and — John Donne, The Complete English Poems
Here lies a she sun, and a he moon there;She gives the best light to his sphere;Or each is both, and all, and soThey unt — John Donne, The Complete English Poems