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 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. The first two lines of the poem are read aloud at the beginning of the opening title track of Follow the Reaper by Finnish ...
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, Much pleasure; then from thee much more must flow, And soonest our best men with thee do go, Rest of their bones, and soul's delivery. Thou'art slave to fate ...
Death, be not proud (Holy Sonnet 10) - Academy of American Poets
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Donne's 'Death, be not proud,' rooted in the Christian idea of the afterlife, challenges the personified death, exposing its illusory power.
Holy Sonnet X 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, Rest of their bones, and soul's delivery. Thou art ...