Excerpt from The Poetical Works of Dr. John Donne, Dean of St. Paul's, London, Vol. 3 of 3: With the Life of the Author We must not, as we us'd, flout openly In scofiing riddles his deformity; Nor, at his board together being sate With words, nor touch, scarce looks adultetate Nor when he, swoln and pamper'd with high tare, Sits down and shorts, eas'd in his basket-chair. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.