Author of Audiobooks - John Donne
A Nocturnall Upon St. Lucies Day - John Donne
A Nocturnall Upon St. Lucies Day - John Donne
- Author: John Donne
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 6 recordings of A Nocturnall Upon St. Lucies Day by John Donne. This was the fortnightly poetry project for winter solstice 2008....
To His Mistress Going to Bed - John Donne
To His Mistress Going to Bed - John Donne
- Author: John Donne
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
John Donne was an English poet and cleric in the Church of England.He is considered the pre-eminent representative of the metaphysical poets. His works are noted for their strong, sensual style and include sonnets, love poems, religious poems, Latin...
A Selection of Divine Poems - John Donne
A Selection of Divine Poems - John Donne
- Author: John Donne
- Genre: Single author / Christianity - Other
John Donne was an English Jacobean preacher, sometime lawyer, later in life a Member of Parliament and Royal Chaplain. Marrying for love against the wishes of his influential father-in-law; Donne's career was cast into shadow: forcing him to support...
Goodfriday, 1613. Riding Westward - John Donne
Goodfriday, 1613. Riding Westward - John Donne
- Author: John Donne
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
John Donne was an English poet and cleric in the Church of England.Despite his great education and poetic talents, Donne lived in poverty for several years, relying heavily on wealthy friends. He spent much of the money he inherited during and after...
Song (Donne version) - John Donne
Song (Donne version) - John Donne
- Author: John Donne
- Genre: Poetry
Librivox volunteers bring you seven different readings of the short poem Song by John Donne, a weekly poetry project. Song is a bitter little poem on the falsity of women: search the world for ages, see mythical wonders, but you’ll not find a true...
The Anniversary Poems - John Donne
The Anniversary Poems - John Donne
- Author: John Donne
- Genre: Elegies & Odes
Elizabeth Drury, daughter of Donne's patron, Sir Robert Drury, died in 1610. A year later Donne laments her hyperbolically as the soul of the created universe. In "An Anatomy of the World: The First Anniversary," he poetically scrutinizes that...
The Dream - John Donne
The Dream - John Donne
- Author: John Donne
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 recordings of The Dream by John Donne. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for July 17, 2011. John Donne was an English poet, satirist, lawyer, and priest who is considered a prominent representative of the...
Holy Sonnets (version 2) - John Donne
Holy Sonnets (version 2) - John Donne
- Author: John Donne
- Genre: Sonnets
The Holy Sonnets—also known as the Divine Meditations or Divine Sonnets—are a series of nineteen poems by the English poet John Donne (1572–1631). The sonnets were first published in 1633—two years after Donne's death. Summary from Wikipedia....
Death Be Not Proud - John Donne
Death Be Not Proud - John Donne
- Author: John Donne
- Genre: Poetry
This week we’re marking the American Memorial Day with eleven readings of a John Donne poem. Memorial Day was conceived as a time to remember military men and women who had lost their lives in war. Kings and presidents come and go and some of the...
Holy Sonnets - John Donne
Holy Sonnets - John Donne
- Author: John Donne
- Genre: Poetry / *Non-fiction / Religion
John Donne (1572 – March 31, 1631) was a Jacobean poet and preacher, representative of the metaphysical poets of the period. His works, notable for their realistic and sensual style, include sonnets, love poetry, religious poems, Latin translations,...
Devotions upon Emergent Occasions - John Donne
Devotions upon Emergent Occasions - John Donne
- Author: John Donne
- Genre: Essays / Early Modern / Christianity - Other
Devotions upon Emergent Occasions is a 1624 prose work by the English writer John Donne. It is a series of reflections that were written as Donne recovered from a serious illness, believed to be either typhus or relapsing fever. (Donne does not...
Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions Together With Death's Duel - John Donne
Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions Together With Death's Duel - John Donne
- Author: John Donne
- Genre: Essays & Short Works / Christianity - Other
Devotions upon Emergent Occasions is a 1624 prose work by the English theologian and writer John Donne, Dean of St. Paul’s Cathedral in London. It is a series of reflections that were written as Donne recovered from a serious illness. The work...
A Burnt Ship - John Donne
A Burnt Ship - John Donne
- Author: John Donne
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of A Burnt Ship by John Donne. This was the Weekly Poetry project for September 17th, 2010....
John Donne's Satires - John Donne
John Donne's Satires - John Donne
- Author: John Donne
- Genre: Poetry / Satire
Donne’s Style In John Donne’s day, a satire was such a poem as a satyr might compose. Satyrs were rough, savage creatures in Greek mythology, human to the waist but goat from there down. That is the reason that Donne’s style in these poems exceeds...