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A Jet Ring Sent by John Donne - Poetry Reading
Thou art not so black as my heart.
Nor half so brittle as her heart.
thou art ; What would'st thou say ?
shall both our properties
by thee be spoke, Nothing more endless,
nothing sooner broke?
Marriage rings are not of this stuff
Oh, why should ought less precious,
or less tough Figure our loves ?
except in thy name thou have bid
it say,
'I'm cheap, and nought but fashion
fling me away.'
Yet stay with me since thou art come,
Circle this finger's top,
which didst her thumb ;
Be justly proud, and gladly safe,
that thou dost dwell with me ;
She that, O ! broke her faith,
would soon break thee.
About the poet - John Donne (19 June 1572 -- 31 March 1631) was an English poet, satirist, lawyer. He is considered as the representative of the metaphysical poets. His works are noted for their strong, sensual style and include sonnets, love poetry, religious poems, Latin translations, epigrams, elegies, songs, satires and sermons. His poetry is noted for its vibrancy of language and inventiveness of metaphor, especially compared to that of his contemporaries.
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A Jet Ring Sent by John Donne - Poetry Reading
Thou art not so black as my heart.
Nor half so brittle as her heart.
thou art ; What would'st thou say ?
shall both our properties
by thee be spoke, Nothing more endless,
nothing sooner broke?
Marriage rings are not of this stuff
Oh, why should ought less precious,
or less tough Figure our loves ?
except in thy name thou have bid
it say,
'I'm cheap, and nought but fashion
fling me away.'
Yet stay with me since thou art come,
Circle this finger's top,
which didst her thumb ;
Be justly proud, and gladly safe,
that thou dost dwell with me ;
She that, O ! broke her faith,
would soon break thee.
About the poet - John Donne (19 June 1572 -- 31 March 1631) was an English poet, satirist, lawyer. He is considered as the representative of the metaphysical poets. His works are noted for their strong, sensual style and include sonnets, love poetry, religious poems, Latin translations, epigrams, elegies, songs, satires and sermons. His poetry is noted for its vibrancy of language and inventiveness of metaphor, especially compared to that of his contemporaries.
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