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You have to read Donne aloud.
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It's like a Bach fugue.
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"All mankind is one volume.
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"When one man dies,
one chapter is not torn out of the book...
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"...but translated into a better language.
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"And every chapter must be so translated.
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"God employs several translators.
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"Some pieces are translated by age,
some by sickness...
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"...some by war...
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"...some by justice.
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"But God's hand shall bind up
all our scattered leaves again...
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"...for that library...
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"...where every book shall lie
open to one another."
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Dizzy with Donne.
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I craved for more, but the closet was bare.
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Selected prose, remember?
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Break it to me gently.
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How hard will it be to find
the great man's complete sermons...
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...and how much will it cost?
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You know, Frankie,
you're the only soul who understands me.
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Dear Helene:
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Some time ago,
you asked for a modern version...
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...of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.