John Donne. Selected Poems. Edited by John Hayward.

Although the poet John Donne lived so long ago, some phrases from his writing still linger with us today, such as �no man is an island,� �death be not proud,� and �for whom the bell tolls,� which provided the title for one of Ernest Hemingway�s novels. John Donne used poems as a means of metaphysical inquiry and meditation as well as for very sensual expression. His daringly original use of imagery and conceits to lead the mind to profound understandings marked a new, intellectual approach to poetry. Like Shakespeare, Donne was a genius at making common words yield up rich, poetic meaning. His thought is complex, but his poems unfold in a logical way. This collection includes songs, satires, elegies, selections from The Anniversaries�Resurrection, Imperfect� �Good Friday, 1613. Riding Westward� �From the Lamentations of Jeremy� �Hymn to God, My God, in My Sickness� �A Hymn to Christ, at the Author�s Last Going into Germany� �A Hymn to God the Father� II. From The Anniversaries�An Anatomy of the World� �Of the Progress of the Soul� III. Songs, Satires, Elegies�The Expiration� �The Computer� �The Bait� �Song� �Love�s Deity� �Woman�s Contancy� �The Indifferent� �Community� �The Curse� �The Flea� �The Message� �The Apparition� �The Broken Heart� �Break of Day� �Confined Love� �From Sappho to Philaenis� �To His Mistress Going to Bed (Elegy 19)� �The Good Morrow� �The Sun Rising� �Jealousy (Elegy 1)� �Love�s Exchange� �The Will� �Satire 2� �Satire 3� �From Metempsychosis� �The Storm� �The Calm� �To Sir Henry Wotton� �His Picture (Elegy 5� �On His Mistress (Elegy 16)� �The Dream� �The Prohibition� �The Canonization� �Air and Angels� �The Ecstasy� �A Fever� �Lover�s Infiniteness� �The Anniversary� �A Valediciton: of Weeping� �Song� �A Valediciton: Forbidding Mouring� �The Undertaking� �The Funeral� �The Relic� �Twicknam Garden� �A Lecture upon the Shadow� �A Nocturnal upon S. Lucy�s Day, Being the Shortest Day� �The Autumnal (Elegy 9)�.… (more)