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		<title>John Donne</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Explore the life and legacy of John Donne, the Metaphysical poet whose fusion of intellect, passion, and faith transformed English poetry in the seventeenth century.]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Flea</title>
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		<title>To His Coy Mistress</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Andrew Marvell’s “To His Coy Mistress” transforms seduction into philosophy, urging lovers to seize life before time and death prevail.]]></description>
		
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		<title>To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time</title>
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		<title>The Phoenix and the Turtle</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Shakespeare’s The Phoenix and the Turtle mourns the mystical union of two lovers — a profound elegy on love, truth, and spiritual unity.]]></description>
		
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		<title>No Man Is An Island</title>
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