Topic : The Canonization

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The Canonization Summary & Analysis
by John Donne

For God's sake hold your tongue, and let me love,

Or chide my palsy, or my gout,

My five gray hairs, or ruined fortune, flout,

With wealth your state, your mind with arts improve,

Take you a course, get you a place,

Observe His Honor, or His Grace,

Or the King's real, or his stampèd face

Contemplate; what you will, approve,

So you will let me love.

Alas, alas, who's injured by my love?

What merchant's ships have my sighs drowned?

Who says my tears have overflowed his ground?

When did [...]