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John Donne
The preeminent Metaphysical poet John Donne was born in London, in 1572. His father, also John Donne, was a Welsh ironmonger and warden of the Ironmonger Company in the City of London. His mother Elizabeth,

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Death be not proud, though some have called thee
Death, be not proud, though some have callèd thee
Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so;
For those whom thou think'st thou dost overthrow
Die not, poor Death, nor yet canst thou kill me.
5From rest and sleep, which but thy pictures be,
Much pleasure; then from thee much more must flow,
And soonest our best men with thee do go,
Rest of their bones, and soul's delivery.
Thou'rt slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men,
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What poet and wit's epitaph reads, "When I am dead, I hope it may be said: / 'His sins were scarlet, but his books were read'"?
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