John Donne
John Donne1572–163116th centuryMetaphysical Poets John Donne (1572-1631) was a English poet associated with Metaphysical Poets. ReadingWillow includes public-domain poems by this author for classroom study.
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning
O Rose! who dares to name thee?
No longer roseate now, nor soft, nor sweet;
But pale, and hard, and dry, as stubble-wheat,---
Kept seven years in a drawer---thy titles shame thee.
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noun
Noble or aristocratic ancestry.
“She comes from a long line of blue bloods, with ancestors who were dukes and duchesses.”
