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TWICKENHAM GARDEN.

Hither with crystal phials, lovers, come,

And take my tears, which are love's wine,
And try your mistress' tears at home,
For all are false, that taste not just like mine.
Alas ! hearts do not in eyes shine,
Nor can you more judge women's thoughts by tears,
Than by her shadow what she wears.
O perverse sex, where none is true but she,
Who's therefore true, because her truth kills me

El mejor poeta inglés del siglo XVII. The best 17th century English poet.
Nació en Londres en 1572 en una familia católica. John Donne was born in London, 1572, into a Catholic family.
Estudió en las Universidades de Oxford y Cambridge. He studied at Oxford and Cambridge Universities.
Hacia 1590 se convirtió al anglicanismo, años después se Towards 1590, he converted to Anglicanism and some
hizo sacerdote. years later he became a priest.
Formó parte de una expedición naval a España. Private secretary to the lord keeper, Donne married his
Fue secretario privado del Custodio del Gran Sello y se casó niece; for that he was dismissed and thrown into prison.
con su sobrina por lo que fue despedido y encarcelado. Donne and his family spent years of great hardships.
Donne y su familia pasaron años de grandes privaciones. He was a lawyer until he reconciled himself with his
Fue abogado hasta que se reconcilió con su suegro. father-in-law. He died in London in 1631.
Murió en Londres en 1631. He wrote sonnets, romantic and religious poetry, translations,
Escribió sonetos, poesía romántica, religiosa, traduccio- epigrams, elegies, songs and sermons. His poetry is
nes, epigramas, elegías, canciones y sermones. characterised by the irregularity of the form and a com-
Su poesía se caracteriza por la irregularidad de la forma y plex structure. His love poems with Ovid's influence are
una complicada estructura. of a great emotional intensity and are always addressed
Sus poemas amorosos, con influencias de Ovidio, son de to a real woman.
gran intensidad emocional y se dirigen siempre a una Some of his works are Satires, Songs and Sonnets,
mujer real. Essays in Divinity and in prose Biathananos, Pseudo-
Entre sus obras destacan: Sátiras, Canciones y sonetos, martyr and Divine Sonnets.
50 El progreso del alma, Poemas divinos y en prosa
Biathanatos, Pseudo-mártir y Sonetos sagrados.