tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post3118800702083156864..comments2024-03-25T20:43:33.067+00:00Comments on A Clerk of Oxford: John Donne on MiseryClerk of Oxfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08919708325900229717noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post-78659081808401865412014-01-20T22:02:36.722+00:002014-01-20T22:02:36.722+00:00Thank you - no spotty diseases here :)
Yes, we ...Thank you - no spotty diseases here :) <br /><br />Yes, we do know - this was written when Donne was seriously ill in December 1623, and the devotions follow the stages of his illness and recovery. (I don't think it's clear what the illness actually was, though). Meditation XVII in the series is the famous 'No man is an island', 'ask not for whom the bell tolls', etc.Clerk of Oxfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919708325900229717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post-42465833148435108172014-01-20T03:03:06.396+00:002014-01-20T03:03:06.396+00:00Wow! That was one nimble-witted contemplator! Do...Wow! That was one nimble-witted contemplator! Do we know the actual 'occasions'? The second one talks about spots as signs of his sickness, which sounds dateable. (I loved how he turned the spots into stars in a constellation!)<br /><br />Thanks for these two thought-provokers. (And I hope you are well, and not pestered by any spotty disease or other misery!)Heliopausenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post-86183851853005154322014-01-18T09:25:46.235+00:002014-01-18T09:25:46.235+00:00John Donne's January Blues are even worse than...John Donne's January Blues are even worse than mine!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com