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John Donne   /dʒɑn dən/   Listen
John Donne

noun
1.
English clergyman and metaphysical poet celebrated as a preacher (1572-1631).  Synonym: Donne.





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... the fashion was Dr. John Donne. Dean of St. Paul's, whom Dryden pronounced a great wit, but not a great poet, and whom Ben Jonson esteemed the best poet in the world for some things, but likely to be forgotten for want of being understood. Besides satires and epistles in verse, he composed ...
— Brief History of English and American Literature • Henry A. Beers


Words linked to "John Donne" :   reverend, man of the cloth, poet, clergyman


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