[Greek: phainetai moi kênos isos theoisin emmen ônêr]
or
O my love's like a red, red rose
That's newly sprung in June.
The joy is as intense though it is of a more spiritual and
intellectual quality. And in the other notes of this simple passionate
love-poetry, sorrow which is the shadow of joy, and tenderness,
Donne does not fall far short of Burns in intensity of feeling and
directness of expression. These notes are not so often heard in Donne,
but