The Poems of John Donne, Volume 1 (of 2): Edited from the Old Editions and Numerous ManuscriptsDonne, John
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The Poems of John Donne, Volume 1 (of 2): Edited from the Old Editions and Numerous Manuscripts
Donne, John
English poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700
[27 more _1633_, _A25_, _W:_ meere _Cy_, _D_, _H49_, _JC_,
_Lec_, _S96:_ men (_a slip for_ mere) _A18_, _N_, _TC:_ all
_1635-69_. _See note_]
[33 issue incestuous, _1633_, _A18_, _D_, _H49_, _JC_, _Lec_,
_N_, _TC_, _W:_ issue is incestuous. _1635-69_, _P_, _S:_
issues monsterous. _A25_]
[35 there] then _Lec_]
[44 for themselves, _A18_, _A25_, _B_, _D_, _H49_, _HN_, _JC_,
_Lec_, _N_, _S_, _S96_, _TC_, _W:_ in themselves, _1633-69:_
into themselves, themselves retrive, _Cy_, _O'F_, _P_]
[45 than] then _1663_]
[45-6 than ... Italian.] that ... Italianate. _Cy_, _P_]
[47 Be thou _1633_, _Lec:_ Be then _1635-69 and MSS._]
[50 home, _Ed:_ home. _1633:_ home: _1635-69_]
[52 gaile. _1635-69:_ goale; _1633_]
[57 so _D, W:_ so _1633-69_]
[58-9 breathe,] breath, _1633_
or no. Onely'in this one thing, be no Galenist: _Ed:_ or no:
Onley ... Galenist. _1633_, _A18_, _B_, _D_, _H49_, _JC_,
_Lec_, _N_, _TC_, _W:_ or no: Onely in this be no Galenist.
_1635-69_, _Cy_, O_'F_, _S_]
[64 you:] you. _1633_]
[65 German _1633 and all MSS.:_ Germanies _1635-69_, _Grosart
and Chambers (without note)_]
To S^r _Henry Goodyere_.
Who makes the Past, a patterne for next yeare,
Turnes no new leafe, but still the same things reads,
Seene things, he sees againe, heard things doth heare,
And makes his life, but like a paire of beads.
A Palace, when'tis that, which it should be, 5
Leaves growing, and stands such, or else decayes:
But hee which dwels there, is not so; for hee
Strives to urge upward, and his fortune raise;
So had your body'her morning, hath her noone,
And shall not better; her next change is night: 10
But her faire larger guest, to'whom Sun and Moone
Are sparkes, and short liv'd, claimes another right.
The noble Soule by age growes lustier,
Her appetite, and her digestion mend,
Wee must not sterve, nor hope to pamper her 15
With womens milke, and pappe unto the end.
Provide you manlyer dyet; you have seene
All libraries, which are Schools, Camps, and Courts;
But aske your Garners if you have not beene
In harvests, too indulgent to your sports. 20
Would you redeeme it? then your selfe transplant
A while from hence. Perchance outlandish ground
Beares no more wit, then ours, but yet more scant
Are those diversions there, which here abound.
To be a stranger hath that benefit, 25
Wee can beginnings, but not habits choke.
Goe; whither? Hence; you get, if you forget;
New faults, till they prescribe in us, are smoake.
Our soule, whose country'is heaven, and God her father,
Into this world, corruptions sinke, is sent, 30
Yet, so much in her travaile she doth gather,
That she returnes home, wiser then she went;
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