The Troubadour Podcast

Metaphysical Mondays #5 The Undertaking by John Donne

September 09, 2019 Kirk j Barbera
The Troubadour Podcast
Metaphysical Mondays #5 The Undertaking by John Donne
Show Notes

Opposing his own view in "Go and Catch a Falling Star," Donne explains to us how to be braver than one of the nine worithes (Hector, Alexander the Great, Julius Ceasar, Joshua, David, Judas Maccabeus, King Arthur, Charlemagne, Godfrey of Boullion.)

To be greater then these men, in one area at least, we must simply love a woman for her inner virtues as opposed to her outer virtues. Oh and it's even better to not tell anyone about it!