{"date":"March 31","id":"03-31","intro":["Monuments are usually made from death masks, but John Donne took pleasure in posing for his, wrapped from head to foot in a shroud. Isaak Walton tells of this in his fascinating biography of the eccentric poet."],"minutes":13,"readings":[{"author":"Izaak Walton","end":369,"start":364,"volume":15,"work":"Life of Dr. Donne"}],"slug":"march-31","status":"proofread","title":"The Ghastly Whim of John Donne","url":"/harvard-classics/march-31/","words":2591}