John Donne’s Holy Sonnet X
Death, be not proud, though some have called thee
Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so;
For those whom thou think'st thou dost overthrow
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John Donne’s Holy Sonnet 14
Batter my heart, three-person'd God, for you
As yet but knock, breathe, shine, and seek to mend;
That I may rise and stand, o'erthrow me, and be...
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Rudyard Kipling’s “If” and Masculinity
Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was one of the most prominent writers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Today he is best known for having written The Jungle Book, a collec...
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Shakespeare’s Sonnet 116
Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments. Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove.
O...
