Note 14 — I LADY DANVERS 1561-1627
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The half-romantic reference, which occurs more than once in Donne’s poems, to his own long-dead arm which still shall keep
“The bracelet of bright hair about the bone,”—
has it nothing to do with this blond head? Honi soit qui mal y pense. The internal evidences in The Relic, with its mention of St. Mary Magdalen, and its boast of purest friendship, and the roguery of the closing line in The Funeral, are somewhat strong, nevertheless.