Excerpt from "Song" by John Donne

The following was brought to my attention by a friend of mind, who added it to my notebook (02/22/06). It was too good to leave behind, therefore, it has found itself here.

go and catch a falling star,             get with child a mandrake root,       tell me where all past years are,             or who cleft the Devil's foot;       teach me to hear mermaids singing,             or to keep off envy's stinging, and find       what wind             serves to advance an                                           honest mind...

                                                                          - John Donne