Poetry & Verse
Holy Sonnet XII: Why Are We By All Creatures Waited On?
By John DonneSource: John Donne - PoetryDB (Public Domain)Short97 words
Why are we by all creatures waited on? Why do the prodigal elements supply Life and food to me, being more pure than I, Simple,...
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Why are we by all creatures waited on? Why do the prodigal elements supply Life and food to me, being more pure than I, Simple, and further from corruption? Why brook'st thou, ignorant horse, subjection? Why dost thou, bull, and bore so seelily, Dissemble weakness, and by one man's stroke die, Whose whole kind you might swallow and feed upon?…
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