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Quotation from Holy Sonnet X: "Death, be not proud" by John Donne
“Thou art slave to Fate, Chance, kings, and desperate men, And dost with poyson, warre, and sicknesse dwell”
Holy Sonnet X: "Death, be not proud", Lines 9-10 (Grierson 1912, original spelling)
The sestet begins by humbling Death as a servant of other powers and a companion of the means by which people die.
Citation: "Thou art slave to Fate, Chance, kings, and desperate men, And dost with poyson, warre, and sicknesse dwell" — John Donne, Holy Sonnet X: "Death, be not proud", Lines 9-10 (Grierson 1912, original spelling). (id death-be-not-proud-q3)
Portrait: John Donne (copy after an original of 1616), After Isaac Oliver, Public domain.
