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John Donne (/ d ĘŚ n / DUN; 1571 or 1572 [a] – 31 March 1631) was an English poet, scholar, soldier and secretary born into a recusant family, who later became a cleric in the Church of England. [2]
John Donne, A Help to Memory and Discourse, including The Broken Heart and part of "Song" ("Go and catch a falling star ...") [1] Michael Drayton, The Muses Elizium [2] Thomas May, A Continuation of Lucan's Historicall Poem Till the Death of Julius Caesar (see also Lucan's Pharsalia 1626, 1627) [2]
Handwritten draft of Donne's Sonnet XIV, "Batter my heart, three-person'd God", likely in the hand of Donne's friend, Rowland Woodward, from the Westmoreland manuscript (circa 1620) The Holy Sonnets—also known as the Divine Meditations or Divine Sonnets—are a series of nineteen poems by the English poet John Donne (1572–1631).
The Holy Sonnets of John Donne is a song cycle composed in 1945 by Benjamin Britten for tenor or soprano voice and piano, and published as his Op. 35. [1] It was written for himself and his life-partner, the tenor Peter Pears , and its first performance was by them at the Wigmore Hall , London on 22 November 1945.
Pages in category "Poetry by John Donne" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. ... Batter my heart, three-person'd God; C. The Canonization; D.
"Holy Sonnet XIV" – also known by its first line as "Batter my heart, three-person'd God" – is a poem written by the English poet John Donne (1572 – 1631). It is a part of a larger series of poems called Holy Sonnets , comprising nineteen poems in total.
Poetry by John Donne (15 P) Prose works by John Donne (6 P) This page was last edited on 17 May 2024, at 05:10 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
Harmonium is a composition for chorus and orchestra by the American composer John Adams, written in 1980-1981 for the first season of Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco, California. The work is based on poetry by John Donne and Emily Dickinson and is regarded as one of the key compositions of Adams' "minimalist" period. [1]