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John Donne: Expostulation XI. Nobilibusque trahunt
ExpostulationJohn Donne MY God, my God, all that thou askest of me is my heart, “My Son, give me thy heart.” [Prov. 23:26] Am I thy Son as long as I have but my heart? Wilt thou give me an…John Donne: Prayer XI. Nobilibusque trahunt
PrayerJohn Donne O ETERNAL and most gracious God, who in thy upper house, the heavens, though there be many mansions, yet art alike and equally in every mansion; but here in thy lower house,…John Donne: Expostulation XII. Spirante columba
ExpostulationJohn Donne MY God, my God, as thy servant James, when he asks that question, “What is your life?” provides me my answer, “It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time,…John Donne: Prayer XII. Spirante columba
PrayerJohn Donne O ETERNAL and most gracious God, who, though thou have suffered us to destroy ourselves, and hast not given us the power of reparation in ourselves, hast yet afforded us such…John Donne: Expostulation XIII. Ingeniumque malum
ExpostulationJohn Donne MY God, my God, thou hast made this sick bed thine altar, and I have no other sacrifice to offer but myself; and wilt thou accept no spotted sacrifice? Doth thy Son…John Donne: Prayer XIII. Ingeniumque malum
PrayerJohn Donne O ETERNAL and most gracious God, who as thou givest all for nothing, if we consider any precedent merit in us, so givest nothing for nothing, if we consider the…John Donne: Expostulation XV. Interea insomnes
ExpostulationJohn Donne MY God, my God, I know (for thou hast said it) that “he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep”: [Ps. 121:4] but shall not that Israel, over whom thou…John Donne: Prayer XV. Interea insomnes
PrayerJohn Donne O ETERNAL and most gracious God, who art able to make, and dost make, the sick bed of thy servants chapels of ease to them, and the dreams of thy servants prayers and…John Donne: Expostulation XVII. Nunc lento
ExpostulationJohn Donne MY God, my God, is this one of thy ways of drawing light out of darkness, to make him for whom this bell tolls, now in this dimness of his sight, to become a…John Donne: Prayer XVII. Nunc lento
PrayerJohn Donne O ETERNAL and most gracious God, who hast been pleased to speak to us, not only in the voice of nature, who speaks in our hearts, and of thy word, which speaks to our ears,…