OMBRES de nous-mêmes  ANCIENS




April in Paris
John Donne has indigestion
pines for words from the Isle of Wight



"...whether I be
increased by a child or
diminished by the loss of a wife..."



his baby is born
dead
his wife lives



words...words
these creatures
made of ink



he begins his Anniversaries
Elizabeth Drury becomes a symbol
for the death of youth and beauty



Ben Johnson scorns
such
extreme lamentation



"If it had been written of
the ****** Mary
...it had been something!"



"...she, she is dead; she's dead:
how wan a ghost
this our world is..."



"the imputation of having said
so much
...to say as well as I could..."



an Emperor is
about to be
elected