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Quotation from Holy Sonnet X: "Death, be not proud" by John Donne

“And poppie, or charmes can make us sleepe as well, And better then thy stroake; why swell'st thou then?”

John Donne (spoken by The speaker)

Holy Sonnet X: "Death, be not proud", Lines 11-12 (Grierson 1912, original spelling)

Portrait of John Donne

Opium poppy and spells can bring sleep as well as death's blow, so Death has no reason for pride.

Citation: "And poppie, or charmes can make us sleepe as well, And better then thy stroake; why swell'st thou then?" — John Donne, Holy Sonnet X: "Death, be not proud", Lines 11-12 (Grierson 1912, original spelling). (id death-be-not-proud-q4)

Portrait: John Donne (copy after an original of 1616), After Isaac Oliver, Public domain.

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