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Tag: Donne

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Donne’s A Nocturnal upon St. Lucy’s Day

Posted on December 11, 2016 by Lisa Spangenberg / 0 Comment

Saint Lucy’s day is December 13. The Julian calendar was still in use when Donne wrote, so that the Winter solstice and consequently the shortest day of the yea...

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Donne’s Meditation XVII

Posted on November 20, 2016 by Lisa Spangenberg / 0 Comment

John Donne Meditation XVII from Devotions upon Emergent Occasions (1624)1 The Devotions were written, for the most part, in December of 1623 when Donne was reco...

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