Licence my roving hands, and let them go Before, behind, be… - John Donne

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Licence my roving hands, and let them go
Before, behind, between, above, below.

John Donne

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John Donne (22 January 1572 – 31 March 1631) was a Jacobean metaphysical poet. His works include sonnets, love poetry, religious poems, Latin translations, epigrams, elegies, songs, and sermons.

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Alternative Names: Very Rev. John Donne

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The Phoenix riddle hath more wit By us, we two being one, are it. So to one neutral thing both sexes fit, We die and rise the same, and prove Mysterious by this love.

Let us love nobly, and live, and add again Years and years unto years, till we attain To write threescore: this is the second of our reign.

I did best when I had least truth for my subjects.

Licence my roving hands, and let them go Before, behind, between, above, below. - John Donne

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