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The Strength and the function of the senses, and other faculties, change and fail
The Strength and the function of the senses, and other faculties, change and failPost Actio LaesaMeditationJohn Donne THE heavens are not the less constant, because they move continually,…John Donne: Expostulation II. Post actio laesa
ExpostulationJohn Donne DAVID professes himself dead dog to his king Saul, [1 Sam. 24:15] and so doth Mephibosheth to his king David, [2 Sam. 9:8] and yet David speaks to Saul, and…John Donne: Prayer II. Post actio laesa
PrayerJohn Donne O MOST gracious God, who pursuest and perfectest thine own purposes, and dost not only remember me, by the first accesses of this sickness, that I must die, but inform me, by…The Patient Takes His Bed
The Patient Takes His BedDecubitus Sequitur TandemMeditationJohn Donne WE attribute but one privilege and advantage to man's body above other moving creatures, that he is not, as others,…John Donne: Expostulation III. Decubitus sequitur tandem
ExpostulationJohn Donne MY God and my Jesus, my Lord and my Christ, my strength and my salvation, I hear thee, and I hearken to thee, when thou rebukest thy disciples, for rebuking them who…John Donne: Prayer III. Decubitus sequitur tandem
PrayerJohn Donne O MOST mighty and most merciful God, who, though thou have taken me off of my feet, hast not taken me off of my foundation, which is thyself; who, though thou have removed me…The Physician Is Sent For
The Physician Is Sent ForMedicusque VocaturMeditationJohn Donne IT is too little to call man a little world; except God, man is a diminutive to nothing. Man consists of more pieces, more…John Donne: Expostulation IV. Medicusque vocatur
ExpostulationJohn Donne I HAVE not the righteousness of Job, but I have the desire of Job: “I would speak to the Almighty, and I would reason with God.” [Job 13:3]My God, my God, how soon…John Donne: Prayer IV. Medicusque vocatur
PrayerJohn Donne O MOST mighty and most merciful God, who art so the God of health and strength, as that without thee all health is but the fuel, and all strength but the bellows of sin;…The Physician Comes
The Physician ComesSolus AdestMeditationJohn Donne AS sickness is the greatest misery, so the greatest misery of sickness is solitude; when the infectiousness of the disease deters them who…Trending
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