The book includes a complete collection of poems and poems, secular and spiritual, by John Donne (1572-1631), an outstanding English poet and preacher, the founder of the so-called metaphysical school in poetry. All genres of his poetry are presented: elegy, satire, songs and sonnets, messages, the poem "Metempsychosis, or the Way of the Soul." In addition, the book includes the classic biography of "Dr. John Donne, Rector of St. Paul's Cathedral," compiled by his contemporary and friend Isaac Walton. For a wide range of readers