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Which of the following is an elegy on John Donne’s wife, who died in 1617 ?

Holy Sonnet 17, beginning Since she whom I loved hath paid her last debt, responds to the wife’s death. Death, be not proud, Thou hast made me and At the round earth’s…

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Which of the following is an elegy on John Donne’s wife, who died in 1617 ?

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Holy Sonnet 17, beginning Since she whom I loved hath paid her last debt, responds to the wife’s death. Death, be not proud, Thou hast made me and At the round earth’s imagined corners are other Holy Sonnets.

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