JohnDonne(1572-1631)wasthemostoutstandingoftheEnglishMetaphysicalPoetsandachurchmanfamousforhisspellbindingsermons.Donne'spoetryembracesawiderangeofsecularandreligioussubjects.Hewrotecynicalverseaboutinconstancy,poemsabouttruelove,Neoplatoniclyricsonthemysticalunionoflovers'soulsandbodiesandbrilliantsatiresandhymnsdepictinghisownspiritualstruggles.ThetwoAnniversaries-AnAnatomyoftheWorld(1611)andOftheProgressoftheSoul(1612)--areelegiesfor15-year-oldElizabethDrury.Whateverthesubject,Donne'spoem...