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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,
The confident tone of ‘Death, be not Proud,’ and the direct confrontation of Death provides an ironic sense of comfort to the readers by implicitly suggesting that Death is not to be feared at all, but that in the end, Death will be overcome by something even greater.
“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. The poem is a direct address to death, arguing that it is powerless because it acts merely as a “short sleep” between earthly living and the eternal ...
Death Be Not Proud (1949) by John Gunther, is a memoir of his son's struggle with — and ultimately death from — a brain tumor. In the Pulitzer Prize –winning play Wit by Margaret Edson (and the film adaptation with Emma Thompson ), the sonnet plays a central role.
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.
“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...
Death, Be Not Proud, sonnet by John Donne, one of the 19 Holy Sonnets, published in 1633 in the first edition of Songs and Sonnets. This devotional lyric directly addresses death, raging defiantly against its perceived haughtiness. The theme, seen throughout Donne’s poetry, is that death is unable.
