Poet and priest John Donne's work seems to transcend its early 17th century moment and feels as fresh and alive to us as anything written today. In this episode, we look at the following texts:
"The Bait"
"Elegy 19: To His Mistress Going To Bed"
"Batter my heart"
"Death, be not proud"
"The Flea"
"A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning"
"Meditation 17" from Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions
Additional music: "You Can Leave Your Hat On" by Randy Newman. Sail Away. Reprise Records. 1972. Accessed as public domain through the Internet Archive.
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