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May Quotes by John Donne
- Keep us, Lord, so awake in the duties of our calling that we may sleep in thy peace and wake in thy glory.
- The world is a great volume, and man the index of that book; even in the body of man, you may turn to the whole…
- That subtle knot which makes us man So must pure lovers souls descend T affections, and to faculties, Which sense may reach and apprehend, Else…
- To an incompetent judge I must not lie, but I may be silent; to a competent I must answer.
- Batter my heart, three-personed God, for you As yet but knock; breathe, shine, and seek to mend; That I may rise, and stand, o'erthrow me,…
- Let not thy divining heart Forethink me any ill; Destiny may take thy part, And may thy fears fulfill.
- Filled with her love, may I be rather grown Mad with much heart, then idiot with none.
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