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Holy Sonnet XIX Oh To Vex Me Contraries Meet In One

Oh, to vex me, contraries meet in one:

Inconstancy unnaturally hath begotA constant habit; that when I would notI change in vows, and in devotion.

As humorous is my

As my profane love, and as soon forgot:

As riddlingly distempered, cold and hot,

As praying, as mute; as infinite, as none.

I durst not view heaven yesterday; and

In prayers and flattering speeches I court God:

Tomorrow I quake with true fear of his rod.

So my devout fits come and go

Like a fantastic ague; save that

Those are my best days, when I shake with fear.

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John Donne

John Donne (22 January 1572[1] – 31 March 1631) was an English poet, scholar, soldier and secretary born into a Catholic family, a remnant of th…

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