Go and catch a falling star,
Get with child a mandrake root,
Tell me where all past years are,
Or who cleft the devil's foot,
Teach me to hear mermaids singing,
Or to keep off envy's stinging,
And find
What wind
Serves to advance an honest mind.
If thou be'st born to strange sights,
Things invisible to see,
Ride ten thousand days and nights,
Till age snow white hairs on thee,
Thou, when thou return'st, wilt tell me,
All strange wonders that befell thee,
And swear,
No where
Lives a woman true, and fair.
If thou find'st one, let me know,
Such a pilgrimage were sweet;
Yet do not, I would not go,
Though at next door we might meet;
Though she were true, when you met her,
And last, till you write your letter,
Yet she
Will be
False, ere I come, to two, or three.
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song: go and catch a falling star
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this peom was a little confusing but i like the discriptive lanuage -
One of my favorite poems, so many metaphors linked to superstition... it was also referenced to in this book by Diana Wynne Jones.
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Yo Nat Jane!!!
Jhon Done is sooo cool his words are just out of this world and transprot you to another dimension. his poems are out of this world. Sadly i have to write about them in my exam! -
Here Donne appears to be very mysoganistic towards women. He emphasises his apparant dislike towards women through hyperbolic imperitives which suggest that it is truely impossible to fin a woman who is true and fair. However the last line of this poem makes the reader think that was he has just said is a joke and that there is pleanty of true women around!!!
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Truly fantastic poem! portrays Donnes most exceptional use of imagery and pure wit! God bless his magnificant soul.
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Ah...a second comment on this piece! Heehee...I would only say what I said before: if you're a feminist, you'll LOVE this one
of course, this is just a mischevious little poem, no harm meant. same for comment
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delightful
This is a great piece, fabulously sarcastic. Are you a woman, a feminist? I'd like to see you read this!
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