To Mr Samuel Brooke by John Donne

TO M[R]. S[AMUEL] B[ROOKE].

by John Donne

O THOU which to search out the secret parts

    Of the India, or rather Paradise

    Of knowledge, hast with courage and advice

Lately launch'd into the vast sea of arts ;

Disdain not in thy constant travelling

    To do as other voyagers, and make

    Some turns into less creeks, and wisely take

Fresh water at the Heliconian spring.

I sing not, siren-like, to tempt, for I

    Am harsh ; nor as those schismatics with you,

    Which draw all wits of good hope to their crew ;

But seeing in you bright sparks of poetry,

    I, though I brought no fuel, had desire

    With these articulate blasts to blow the fire.

---

Source :
Donne, John. Poems of John Donne. vol II.
E. K. Chambers, ed.
London: Lawrence & Bullen, 1896. 36.

Mother Eliora, M.S. OHR

http://abbeyoftheholyrose.webs.com/welcome.htm

http://www.myspace.com/akathistos

---

Not got a Hotmail account? Sign-up now - Free