Poetry Quote by John Donne — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Love, all alike, no season knows nor clime,”

“And to 'scape stormy days, I choose an everlasting night.”

“Never send to know for whom the bells tolls; it tolls for thee.”

“Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bells tolls; it tolls for thee.”

“This is joy's bonfire, then, where love's strong arts”

“Only our love hath no decay;”

“Ah, the freshness in the face of leaving a task undone!”

“When I can feel you breathing into me i, like a stone gargoyle”

“...and so many colors”

“This is the way the world ends”

“This poem has been called obscure. I refuse to believe that it is obscurer than pity, violence, or suffering. But being a poem, not a lifetime, it is more compressed.”

“It is ferocious, life, but it must eat . . .”