Monuments are usually made from death masks, but John Donne took pleasure in posing for his, wrapped from head to foot in a shroud. Isaak Walton tells of this in his fascinating biography of the eccentric poet. (Volume 15, Harvard Classics)
John Donne died March 31, 1631.
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Introductory Note: Thomas Henry Huxley
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