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The Dream

by John Donne

Would you wake up from a dream if it were the most beautiful dream you have ever had? In John Donne's poem The Dream, the speaker finds himself in such a predicament. He has dreamed of his beloved, and the dream is so vivid and passionate that he doesn't want it to end. But as the dream reaches its climax, he is awakened by the real-life presence of his beloved.

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English

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1633

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John Donne

England

John Donne was an English poet, scholar, soldier and secretary born into a recusant family, who later became a cleric in the Church of England. Under royal patronage, he was made Dean of St Paul's Cat...

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