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In a poem by this author, the speaker bribes “little brethren” and would give up the title substance “To embalm thy father’s corpse,” asking, “what? will he die?” This author’s elegies include one titled “The Perfume” and one where the speaker claims “There is no penance due to innocence” and calls the title subject, “my America! my new-found-land.” The speaker of another poem by this poet uses “gold to airy thinness beat” (10[1])as a (10[1])comparison for a unity that is not “A breach, but an expansion.” In a poem by this author of “To His Mistress Going to Bed,” the speaker (10[1])tells the title subject, “Thou art slave to fate, (-5[1])chance, (10[1])[and] kings.” For (10[1])10 points, name this metaphysical poet of “Death, be not proud” (10[1])and the collection Holy Sonnets. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: John Donne
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