The Incarnation, and Passion Lord, when Thou didst Thyself undress, Laying by Thy robes of glory, To make us more, Thou wouldst be less, And becam’st a woful story. To put on clouds instead of light, ...

Death mark of the poet John Donne, engraved by Martin Droeshout, London 1632. (Photo by Bettmann / Getty) During the 16th century, the English were unusually spirited in their destruction of Catholics ...

No words, a few years ago, were used with more disparaging force, in connection with poetry, than such words as ‘cosmic’ or ‘metaphysical.’ Mr. Ezra Pound’s decalogue of ‘don’ts’ was chiefly aimed at ...