Donne

[ duhn ]

/ dʌn /

John,1573–1631, English poet and clergyman.

Example sentences from the Web for donne

A chapter on the metaphysical poets is four-fifths Donne to one-fifth Herbert, with Marvell failing to get a look-in.

John Sutherland‘s Enjoyable Little History of Literature |Malcolm Forbes |November 29, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
The title of the Donne poem is “Oh, to Vex Me, Contraries Meet as One.”

Cynthia Nixon on Bisexuality & Her New Role in ‘Wit’ |Kevin Sessums |January 24, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
More childishness, but how delightful, how exactly in the spirit of Donne.

Why we should read |S. P. B. Mais
The briefest outline of Donne's life shows its intense human interest.

English Literature |William J. Long

Donne was ordained in January, 1615, a “very few days” before the date of this letter.

Letters to Severall Persons of Honour |John Donne
He would call her 'Miss Donne' presently, and say something about the weather, as if they had never met before.

Fair Margaret |Francis Marion Crawford
Perhaps Donne himself may have told you all this before now.

Letters of Edward FitzGerald to Fanny Kemble (1871-1883) |Edward FitzGerald

Donne

/ (dʌn) /

John. 1573–1631, English metaphysical poet and preacher. He wrote love and religious poems, sermons, epigrams, and elegies