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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,…

John Donne: Prayer XVIII. At inde mortuus es

PrayerJohn Donne O ETERNAL and most gracious God, I have a new occasion of thanks, and a new occasion of prayer to thee from the ringing of this bell. Thou toldest me in the other voice that…

John Donne: Prayer XIX. Oceano tandem emenso

PrayerJohn Donne O ETERNAL and most gracious God, who though thou passedst over infinite millions of generations, before thou camest to a creation of this world, yet when thou beganst, didst…

John Donne: Expostulation XX. Id agunt.

ExpostulationJohn Donne MY God, my God, the God of order, but yet not of ambition, who assignest place to every one, but not contention for place, when shall it be thy pleasure to put an end…