[ABOVE: The house Donne and family occupied at Pyrford with inset of Isaac Oliver’s portrait of Donne—house by SuzanneKn / both images public domain, Wikimedia]
Thrown into prison in retaliation for his elopement with Anne More, John Donne wrote one of the most famous epigrams of all time. At a considerably later date, he became Dean of St. Paul’s Cathedral, London.
Donne was the most illustrious of the metaphysical poets. His earliest works were often erotic; his later work consisted chiefly of profound religious poetry.
Donne’s Epigram
John Donne, Anne Donne, Undone