Poems of John Donne/Volume 2

by John Donne

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POEMS

OF

JOHN DONNE.

 

The Muses’ Library

POEMS

OF

JOHN DONNE

 

EDITED BY

E. K. CHAMBERS

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY

GEORGE SAINTSBURY

VOL. II.

LONDON:
GEORGE ROUTLEDGE & SONS, LIMITED
NEW YORK: E. P. DUTTON & CO.

CONTENTS OF VOL. II.

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Table of Contents			vii
Letters to Several Personages—
		To Mr. Christopher Brooke: The Storm	1
		To Mr. Christopher Brooke: The Calm	4
		To Sir Henry Wotton	7
		To Sir Henry Goodyere	10
		To Mr. Rowland Woodward	12
		To Sir Henry Wotton	14
		To the Countess of Bedford	15
		To the Countess of Bedford	17
		To Sir Edward Herbert	20
		To the Countess of Bedford	22
		To the Countess of Bedford, on New Year's Day	26
		To the Counterss of Huntingdon	29
		To M[r] I[zaak] W[alton]	32
		To M[r] T. W.	33
		To M[r] T. W.	34
		Incerto	35
		To M[r] C[hristopher] B[rooke]	35
		To M[r] S[amuel] B[rooke]	36
		To M[r] B[asil] B[rooke]	37
		To M[r] R. W[oodward]	38
		To M[r] I. L.	39
		To M[r] I. P.	40
		To Sir Henry Wotton, at his going Ambassador to Venice	41
		To M[rs] M[agdalen] H[erbert]	43
		To the Countess of Bedford	45
		To the Countess of Huntingdon	48
		To the Countess of Bedford	53
		To the Lady Carey, and Mistress Essex Rich; from Amiens	54
		To the Countess of Salisbury	57
		To the Countess of Bedford	60
		Sappho to Philænis	61
		To Ben Jonson	64
		To Sir Tho. Rowe	65
		De Libro cum mutuaretur: Doctissimo Amicissimoque v. D. D. Andrews	66
Commendatory Verses—
		Upon Mr. Thomas Coryat’s Crudities	68
		Amicissimo et meritissimo Benj: Jonson: in Volponem	71
Epicedes and Obsequies—
		Elegy on Prince Henry	72
		Obsequies of the Lord Harrington	77
		Elegy on the Lady Markham	86
		Elegy on Mistress Boulstred	89
		Elegy on Mistress Boulstred	92
		Death	93
		Elegy on the L[ord] C[hancellor]	96
		A Hymn to the Saints, and to Marquis Hamilton	98
		Elegy on Himself	100
		Elegy	101
Anatomy of the World—
	The First Anniversary
		To the Praise of the Dead, and the Anatomy: [By Joseph Hall]	102
		An Anatomy of the World: the First Anniversary	104
		A Funeral Elegy	121
	The Second Anniversary
		The Harbinger to the Progress: [By Joseph Hall]	125
		An Anatomy of the World; or, the Progress of the Soul: the Second Anniversary	127
The Progress of the Soul—
		Epistle	146
		The Progress of the Soul: First Song	148
Satires—
		Satire i.	175
		Satire ii.	180
		Satire iii.: Of Religion	185
		Satire iv.	190
		Satire v.	199
		Satire vi.	203
		Satire vii.: To Sir Nicholas Smyth	205
Epigrams—
		Hero and Leander	210
		Pyramus and Thisbe	210
		Niobe	210
		A Burnt Ship	210
		Fall of a Wall	210
		A Lame Beggar	211
		A Self-accuser	211
		A Licentious Person	211
		Antiquary	211
		Disinherited	211
		Phryne	211
		An Obscure Writer	211
		Klockius	212
		Raderus	212
		Mercurius Gallo-Belgicus	212
		Ralphius	212
Notes to Vol. II			213
Appendices
	A. Doubtful Poems—
		Absence	249
		Love’s War	250
		On a Flea on his Mistress’s Bosom	252
		The Portrait	253
		Love-Sonnet (i.)	254
		Love-Sonnet (ii)	254
		A Warning	255
		To the Young Gentlewomen	256
		Believe your Glass	257
		Fortune never Fails	258
		To Mrs. Boulstred	260
		To a Painted Lady	261
		Love’s Power	264
		Love and Reason	265
		To a Lady of a Dark Complexion	267
		Borrowing	268
		Supping Hours	269
		The Smith	269
		The Lady and her Viol	269
		A Paradox	270
		Sun, Begone	270
		If She Deride	271
		Love and Wit	272
		Dr. Donne’s Farewell to the World	273
		Notes to Doubtful Poems	275
	B. Poems hitherto Uncollected—
		[To the Blessed Virgin Mary]	284
		To my Lord of Pembroke	285
		Of a Lady in the Black Mask	286
		A Letter written by Sir H[enry] G[oodyere] and J[ohn] D[onne], alternis vicibus	287
		To the Author [Thomas Coryat]	289
		In Eundem Macaronicum	290
		On Friendship	290
		The Constant Lover	291
		[An Ideal]	292
		The Lie	292
		[True Love]	293
		Notes to Poems Hitherto Uncollected	294
	C. Spurious Poems		302
	D. The Sheaf of Epigrams of 1652		308
	E. Ignatius his Conclave		312
	F. Devotions upon Emergent Occasions		315
List of First Lines			319