Books

8vo., pp. [12], 388, [32], wanting the portrait frontispiece; title-page stained and with old repairs (touching one letter); contemporary calf, rebacked; inscription on verso of title-page '5. Apr: 1714 / Ant Hammond', presumably the poet and politician.Second edition, adding seventeen new poems by Donne (and eleven false attributions), and three more elegies on his death. The poems have been rearranged into sections, headed 'Songs and Sonets', 'Elegies', 'Epithalamions'. 'Satyres', and 'Letters', 'Divine Poems', etc. Two poems that had appeared in 1633 are omitted Browne's elegy and Basse's 'Epitaph upon Shakespeare'. Keynes 79; STC 7046. Language: English.

John Donne's poetry is known for its vibrant language and inventiveness. His work, which includes sonnets, love poems, religious poems, Latin translations, epigrams, elegies, songs, and satires, is remarkable for its metaphysical style, and it frequently reflects upon themes of love, death, and religion. 'Poems. With Elegies on the Authors Death' brings together a rich tapestry of Donne's poetical works.