EPIGRAMS. by John Donne A BURNT SHIP. Out of a fired ship, which by no way But drowning could be rescued from the flame, Some men leap'd forth, and ever as they came Near the foes' ships, did by their shot decay ; So all were lost, which in the ship were found,     They in the sea being burnt, they in the burnt ship drowned. Source: Donne, John. Poems of John Donne. vol II. E. K. Chambers, ed. London, Lawrence & Bullen, 1896. 210. to Works of John Donne Site copyright ©1996-2003 Anniina Jokinen.All Rights Reserved. Created by Anniina Jokinen on January 2, 2000. Background by the kind permission of Stormi Wallpaper Boutique.