The Greatest Poems of John Donne

John Donne (1572–1631), an English poet, satirist, lawyer and cleric, is best regarded for his metaphysical poetry, replete with wit, irony, and the use of paradox. Born into a Catholic family at a time when England was fraught with religious turbulence, Donne's early years were marked by persecution and the loss of his father at age four. Nevertheless, he studied at both Oxford and Cambridge but ...