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Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe

Usually the period after the Middle Age, or so called Dark Age, is known as Renaissance (rebirth); the period is regarded as transitional period; that is to say, a new worldview predominated in England. Reformation,… 

Batter my Heart by John Donne

Batter my heart, three-person’d God, for youAs yet but knocke, breathe, shine, and seek to mend;That I may rise and stand, o’erthrow mee, and bendYour force to breake, blowe, burn, and make me new.I, like… 

Valediction: Forbidding Mourning by John Donne

As virtuous men passe mildly’away,And whisper to their soules, to goe,Whilst some of their sad friends doe say,The breath goes now, and some say, no: So let us melt, and make no noise,No teare–floods, nor… 

The Ectasy ( The Extasie) by John Donne

This poem is written by John Donne, who is a Metaphysical Poet. Where, like a pillow on a bed A pregnant bank swell’d up to rest The violet’s reclining head, Sat we two, one another’s… 

The Canonization By John Donne

1 For Godsake hold your tongue, and let me love,2 Or chide my palsie, or my gout,3 My five gray haires, or ruin’d fortune flout,4 With wealth your state, your minde with Arts improve5 Take…