Ivvenilia; or, Certain Paradoxes and Problems, Reproduced from the First Edition, with a Biographical Note [Juvenilia]

Unpaginated. I. A Defence of Womens Inconstancy. II. That Women ought to Paint. III.That by Discord things increase. IV. That Good is more common than Euill. V. That all things kill themselues. VI. That it is possible to find some vertue in some Women. VII. That Old men are more fantastike than Young. VIII. That Nature is our worst guide. IX. That only Cowards dare die. X. That a Wise man is known by much laughing. XI. That the gifts of the Body are better than those of the Minde. John Donne (born sometime between Jan. 24 and June 19, 1572, London, Eng.—died March 31, 1631, London) was a leading English poet of the Metaphysical school and dean of St. Paul’s Cathedral, London (1621–31). Donne is often considered the greatest love poet in the English language. He is also noted for his religious verse and treatises and for his sermons, which rank among the best of the 17th century.