Death be not proud, though some have callèd thee
Mighty and dreadfull, for, thou art not so,
For, those, whom thou think’st, thou dost overthrow,
Die not, poore death, nor yet canst thou kill me.

John Donne (1572-1631) English poet

Holy Sonnets, No. 10, “Death Be Not Proud,” ll. 1-4 (1609)
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