by John Donne (1572 - 1631)
Since she whom I lov'd hath pay'd her...
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Since she whom I lov'd hath pay'd her last debt To Nature, and to hers, and my good is dead, And her Soule early into Heaven ravished, Wholly on heavenly things my mind is sett. Here the admyring her my mind did whett To seeke thee God; so streams do shew their head; But though I have found thee and thou my thirst hast fed, A holy thirsty dropsy melts mee yett, But why should I begg more love, when as thou Dost wooe my soul for hers: off'ring all thine: And dost not only feare lest I allow My love to Saints and Angels, things divine, But in thy tender jealousy dost doubt Lest the world, Fleshe, yea, Devill putt thee out.
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- by John Donne (1572 - 1631), no title, appears in Holy Sonnets, no. 17 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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