Death Be Not Proud, (Holy sonnet 10), is a metaphysical poem by John Donne (1572-1631), write around 1610. He is fr om metaphysical religious school.
Death Be Not Proud is among the nearly famous and most beloved poems in English literature. Its popularity lies in its message of anticipate couched in eloquent, quotable language.
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Death, be not proud, though many have called thee
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Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so;
Donne tells the reader that close has no right to be proud, because oddment is not to be feared.
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For those whom thou thinkst thou dost overthrow,
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Die not, lamentable Death, nor yet sack upst thou kill me.
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From rest and kip, which but thy pictures be,
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practically pleasure; then from thee much more must flow,
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And soonest our best men with thee do go,
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Rest of their bones, and souls delivery.
since human beings do not die but live eternally after(prenominal) one short sleep.
Although some people depict death as mighty and powerful,
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Thou art hard worker to fate, chance, kings, and do-or-die(a) men,
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And dost with poison, war, and sickness dwell;
it is really a lowly slave that depends on luck, accidents, decrees, murder, disease, and war to put men to sleep.
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And poppy or charms can make us sleep as well
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And better than thy calamity; why swellst thou then?
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