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By John Donne. Death, be not proud, though some have called thee. Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so; For those whom thou think'st thou dost overthrow. Die not, poor Death, nor yet canst thou kill me. From rest and sleep, which but thy pictures be, Much pleasure; then from thee much more must flow, And soonest our best men with thee do go ...
Death, be not proud (Holy Sonnet 10) John Donne. 1572 –. 1631. Death, be not proud, though some have called thee. Mighty and dreadful, for thou are not so; For those whom thou think'st thou dost overthrow. Die not, poor Death, nor yet canst thou kill me. From rest and sleep, which but thy pictures be,
“Holy Sonnet 10,” often referred to by its opening line (“Death, be not proud”), was written by the English poet and Christian cleric John Donne in 1609 and first published in 1633.
John Donne's 'Death, be not proud' neutralizes humanity's deep-seated fear of mortality by creatively personifying death and reversing its perceived power, offering an engaging viewpoint rooted in Christian theology.
Death Be Not Proud. " Sonnet X ", also known by its opening words as " Death Be Not Proud ", is a fourteen-line poem, or sonnet, by English poet John Donne (1572–1631), one of the leading figures in the metaphysical poets group of seventeenth-century English literature.
By John Donne. Death, be not proud, though some have called thee. Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so; For those whom thou think'st thou dost overthrow. Die not, poor Death, nor yet canst thou kill me. From rest and sleep, which but thy pictures be, Much pleasure; then from thee much more must flow, And soonest our best men with thee do go ...
“Death, be not proud” (Holy Sonnet X) Lyrics. Death be not proud, though some have called thee. Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so, For those whom thou think'st thou dost...
