BUSY old fool, unruly Sun, Why dost thou thus, Through wind… - John Donne

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BUSY old fool, unruly Sun,
Why dost thou thus,
Through windows, and through curtains, call on us?
Must to thy motions lovers' seasons run ?
Saucy pedantic wretch, go chide
Late school-boys and sour prentices,
Go tell court-huntsmen that the king will ride,
Call country ants to harvest offices ;
Love, all alike, no season knows nor clime,
Nor hours, days, months, which are the rags of time.

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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Love, all alike, no season knows nor clime,
Nor hours, days, months, which are the rags of time.

Love, all alike, no season knows, nor clime, Nor hours, days, months, which are the rags of time.

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But think that we Are but turned aside to sleep.

How blest am I in this discovering thee!
To enter in these bonds is to be free;
Then where my hand is set, my seal shall be.
Full nakedness! All joys are due to thee,
As souls unbodied, bodies unclothed must be

To be no part of any body, is to be nothing.

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