Night Quotes by John Donne

9 Night quotes by John Donne

Donne’s night verses weave metaphysical depth into fleeting moments. Across nine concise lines he explores how darkness can both conceal and reveal, offering a timeless meditation for thoughtful readers.

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And to 'scape stormy days, I choose an everlasting night.

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What if this present were the world's last night?

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Love is agrowing, to full constant light; and his first minute, after noon, is night.

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Love is a growing, or full constant light; And his first minute, after noon, is night.

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Sleep with clean hands, either kept clean all day by integrity or washed clean at night by repentance.

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Humiliation is the beginning of sanctification; and as without this, without holiness, no man shall see God, though he pore whole nights…

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God made sun and moon to distinguish the seasons, and day and night; and we cannot have the fruits of the earth…

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Tis true, 'tis day; what though it be? O wilt thou therefore rise from me? Why should we rise, because 'tis light?…

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A bride, before a "Good-night" could be said, Should vanish from her clothes into her bed, As souls from bodies steal, and…

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That which attempts to elevate the ugly to the level of beauty becomes neither; but an obscenity.

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For I am every dead thing In whom love wrought new alchemy For his art did express A quintessence even from nothingness, From dull…

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On a huge hill, Cragged, and steep, Truth stands, and hee that will Reach her, about must, and about must goo.

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