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and equal traitors be she and his sense。
may he dream treason; and believe that he
meant to perform it; and confesses; and die;
and no record tell why ;
his sons; which none of his may be;
inherit nothing but his infamy ;
or may he so long parasites have fed;
that he would fain be theirs whom he hath bred;
and at the last be circumcised for bread。
the venom of all stepdames; gamesters gall;
what tyrants and their subjects interwish;
what plants; mine; beasts; fowl; fish;
can contribute; all ill; which all
prophets or poets spake; and all which shall
be annexd in schedules unto this by me;
fall on that man ; for if it be a she
nature beforehand hath out…cursèd me。
the message。
send home my long strayd eyes to me;
which; o ! too long have dwelt on thee ;
yet since there they have learnd such ill;
such forced fashions;
and false passions;
that they be
made by thee
fit for no good sight; keep them still。
send home my harmless heart again;
which no unworthy thought could stain ;
which if it be taught by thine
to make jestings
of protestings;
and break both
word and oath;
keep it; for then tis none of mine。
yet send me back my heart and eyes;
that i may know; and see thy lies;
and may laugh and joy; when thou
art in anguish
and dost languish
for some one
that will none;
or prove as false as thou art now。
a nocturnal upon st。 lucys day;
being the shortest day。
tis the years midnight; and it is the days;
lucys; who scarce seven hours herself unmasks ;
the sun is spent; and now his flasks
send forth light squibs; no constant rays ;
the worlds whole sap is sunk ;
the general balm th hydroptic earth hath drunk;
whither; as to the beds…feet; life is shrunk;
dead and interrd ; yet all these seem to laugh;
pared with me; who am their epitaph。
study me then; you who shall lovers be
at the next world; that is; at the next spring ;
for i am every dead thing;
in whom love wrought new alchemy。
for his art did express
a quintessence even from nothingness;
from dull privations; and lean emptiness ;
he ruind me; and i am re…begot
of absence; darkness; death—things which are not。
all others; from all things; draw all thats good;
life; soul; form; spirit; whence they being have ;
i; by loves limbec; am the grave
of all; thats nothing。 oft a flood
have we two wept; and so
drownd the whole world; us two ; oft did we grow;
to be two chaoses; when we did show
care to aught else ; and often absences
withdrew our souls; and made us carcasses。
but i am by her death—which word wrongs her—
of the first nothing the elixir grown ;
were i a man; that i were one
i needs must know ; i should prefer;
if i were any beast;
some ends; some means ; yea plants; yea stones detest;
and love ; all; all some properties invest。
if i an ordinary nothing were;
as shadow; a light; and body must be here。
but i am none ; nor will my sun renew。
you lovers; for whose sake the lesser sun
at this time to the goat is run
to fetch new lust; and give it you;
enjoy your summer all;
since she enjoys her long nights festival。
let me prepare towards her; and let me call
this hour her vigil; and her eve; since this
both the years and the days deep midnight is。
witchcraft by a picture。
i fix mine eye on thine; and there
pity my picture burning in thine eye ;
my picture drownd in a transparent tear;
when i look lower i espy ;
hadst thou the wicked skill
by pictures made and marrd; to kill;
how many ways mightst thou perform thy will?
but now ive drunk thy sweet salt tears;
and though thou pour more; ill depart ;
my picture vanished; vanish all fears
that i can be endamaged by that art ;
though thou retain of me
one picture more; yet that will be;
being in thine own heart; from all malice free。
the bait。
e live with me; and be my love;
and we will some new pleasures prove
of golden sands; and crystal brooks;
with silken lines and silver hooks。
there will the river whispring run
warmd by thy eyes; more than the sun ;
and there th enamourd fish will stay;
begging themselves they may betray。
when thou wilt swim in that live bath;
each fish; which every channel hath;
will amorously to thee swim;
gladder to catch thee; than thou him。
if thou; to be so seen; best loth;
by sun or moon; thou darknest both;
and if myself have leave to see;
i need not their light; having thee。
let others freeze with angling reeds;
and cut their legs with shells and weeds;
or treacherously poor fish beset;
with strangling snare; or windowy net。
let coarse bold hands from slimy nest
the bedded fish in banks out…wrest ;
or curious traitors; sleeve…silk flies;
bewitch poor fishes wandring eyes。
for thee; thou needst no such deceit;
for thou thyself art thine own bait :
that fish; that is not catchd thereby;
alas ! is wiser far than i。
the apparition。
when by thy scorn; o murdress; i am dead;
and that thou thinkst thee free
from all solicitation from me;
then shall my ghost e to thy bed;
and thee; feignd vestal; in worse arms shall see :
then thy sick taper will begin to wink;
and he; whose thou art then; being tired before;
will; if thou stir; or pinch to wake him; think
thou callst for more;
and; in false sleep; will from thee shrink :
and then; poor aspen wretch; neglected thou
bathed in a cold quicksilver sweat wilt lie;
a verier ghost than i。
what i will say; i will not tell thee now;
lest that preserve thee ; and since my love is spent;
id rather thou shouldst painfully repent;
than by my threatenings rest still innocent。
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John Donne Selected Poems…7
the broken heart。
he is stark mad; whoever says;
that he hath been in love an hour;
yet not that love so soon decays;
but that it can ten in less space devour ;
who will believe me; if i swear
that i have had the plague a year?
who would not laugh at me;