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That One John Donne Poem But To The Tune Of "Three's Company"

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That One John Donne Poem But To The Tune Of "Three's Company"

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Daniel Lavery
Nov 14, 2019
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That One John Donne Poem But To The Tune Of "Three's Company"

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Originally.

Come and batter my heart
O’erthrow me and bend
That I may rise and stand and admit you
So you’ll seek to mend!

I’m like an unsurp’d town
I’ve proved weak and untrue
I’m a lovable space that needs your face
Three-person’d God, you!

Your viceroy Reason defends in me –
I’m still to another due –
Jail me, take me to you –
Chaste-ravish me too!

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S. Evans
Nov 15, 2019

I've been dating a catholic, and sang this out loud before he'd had his coffee.

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J. Woods
Nov 14, 2019

My English professor called this "Donne's poem about being raped by God."

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