First published at 22:40 UTC on November 29th, 2021.
Recorded in November 2021. Written in 1609, and first published posthumously in "Poems, by J. D.," 1633. This is often called Donne's most famous poem.
"The 10th sonnet of Donne, beginning 'Death, be not proud,' is so …
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Recorded in November 2021. Written in 1609, and first published posthumously in "Poems, by J. D.," 1633. This is often called Donne's most famous poem.
"The 10th sonnet of Donne, beginning 'Death, be not proud,' is so eminently characteristic of his manner, and at the same time so weighty in the thought, and vigorous in the expression, that I would entreat you to insert it [in your "Specimens of English Sonnets"]; though to modern taste it may be repulsive, quaint, and laboured." -- Wordsworth, Letter to the Rev. Alexander Dyce, 1833
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