| John Donne (1572–1631). The Poems of John Donne. 1896. | | | | Divine Poems | | 2. Annunciation |
| | | Salvation to all that will is nigh; | |
| That All, which always is all everywhere, | |
| Which cannot sin, and yet all sins must bear, | |
| Which cannot die, yet cannot choose but die, | |
| Lo! faithful Virgin, yields Himself to lie | 5 |
| In prison, in thy womb; and though He there | |
| Can take no sin, nor thou give, yet He’ll wear, | |
| Taken from thence, flesh, which death’s force may try. | |
| Ere by the spheres time was created thou | |
| Wast in His mind, who is thy Son, and Brother; | 10 |
| Whom thou conceivest, conceived; yea, thou art now | |
| Thy Maker’s maker, and thy Father’s mother. | |
| Thou hast light in dark, and shutt’st in little room | |
| Immensity, cloistered in thy dear womb. | | | | |
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