Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593)
1500s
Death Be Not Proud – a poem by John Donne
Sonnet #18 by William Shakespeare
A Vision upon the Fairy Queen by Sir Walter Raleigh
To the Virgins, To Make Much of Time–Robert Herrick
John Donne–Meditation XVII
John Donne was an English poet born in 1572. He died in 1631. Donne has had a major influence on many generations of poets especially of the metaphysical variety.