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Take me to you, imprison me, for I, except you enthrall me, never shall be free, nor ever chaste, except you ravish me.

John Donne

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John Donne
Died: 1631
Died: March 31
Lawyer
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London
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Very Rev. John Donne
Never
Imprison
Infatuation
Chaste
Except
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Free
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Take
Ravish

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