John Stubbs

A vivid portrait of the life and work of the English establishment poet places his achievements against a backdrop of a rapidly transforming world and offers insight into how his writings reflect such subjects as his crises of desire and devotion, the outbreak of plague, and life within Bankside taverns.

The Reformed Soul

John Donne

From " I stood tip toe upon a little Hill

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Where swarms of minnows show their little heads, 

Staying their wavy bodies against the streams, 

Tempered with coolness. How they ever wrestle

With their own sweet delight, and ever nestle......

Of this fair world, and all its gentle Livers 

Spangler of clouds, halo of crystal rivers,

Mingler with leaves, and dew and tumbling streams,

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