The Expiration
John Donne
1572 to 1631
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Reconstruct the poem by dragging each line into its correct position. Your goal is to reassemble the original poem as accurately as possible. As you move the lines, you'll see whether your arrangement is correct, helping you explore the poem's flow and meaning. You can also print out the jumbled poem to cut up and reassemble in the classroom. Either way, take your time, enjoy the process, and discover how the poet's words come together to create something truly beautiful.
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Oh, if it have, let my word worke on mee,
Ease mee with death, by bidding mee goe too.
Except it be too late, to kill me so,
And let our selves benight our happiest day,
We ask'd none leave to love; nor will we owe
Goe; and if that word have not quite kil'd thee,
Any, so cheape a death, as saying, Goe;
Being double dead, going, and bidding, goe.
Which sucks two soules, and vapors Both away,
Turne thou ghost that way, and let mee turne this,
So, so, breake off this last lamenting kisse,
And a just office on a murderer doe.