← Jean de SpondeStances de la Mortby Jean de SpondeLyric verses contemplating death and spiritual dissolution with baroque intensityFind on Amazon↗About the authorJean de SpondeFrench Baroque poet and religious controversialist whose Sonnets de la Mort are among the finest examples of French Baroque poetry. He converted from Protestantism to Catholicism.More by Jean de SpondeSonnets de la MortMeditations on mortality and oblivion through formal sonnets with metaphysical depth→Meditations→Collected Poems→