John Donne Poems Air And Angelsby John Donne Twice or thrice had I loved thee, Before I knew thy face or name, So in a voice, so in a shapeless flame, Angels affect us oft, and worship'd be; Still when, to where thou wert, I came, Some lovely glorious nothing I did see. But ...
Then, as an angel, face, and wings Of air, not pure as it, yet pure, doth wear, So thy love may be my love's sphere; Just such disparitie As is 'twixt air and angels' puritie, 'Twixt women's love, and men's, will ever be. Air and Angels, John Donne, 1633.Read by ...