This kind of self-assertion and sell-negation ran through the whole life of Donne, and only through a compromise of both sides, did he achieve an ultimate inward harmony.

• 这样一种自我肯定和自我弃绝的矛盾贯穿了多恩生活的始终，也正是在对这二者的妥协中诗人实现了情爱与宗教的统一。