Quote by John Donne

For I am every dead thing, In whom love wrought new alchemy. For his art did express A quintessence even from nothingness, From dull privations, and lean emptiness He ruined me, and I am re-begot Of absence, darkness, death; things which are not.

For I am every dead thing, In whom love wrought new alchemy.

Summary

This quote reflects on the transformative power of love. The speaker states that they have been completely changed by love, becoming something new through the alchemy of love's influence. Love is portrayed as an art that can create beauty and essence even from the most mundane and hollow existence. The speaker acknowledges that love has destroyed them, only to be resurrected through absence, darkness, and death, symbolizing the transformative nature of love's ability to bring forth life and meaning from that which did not exist before.

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Death Art Love Absence Alchemy

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