Death, be not proud

Cultural  

1. The first words of a sonnet by John Donne. The poet asserts that death is a feeble enemy and concludes with these lines: “One short sleep past, we wake eternally / And death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die.”

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Example Sentences

I also loved “The Human Comedy,” by William Saroyan and remember being so moved by “Death Be Not Proud,” by John Gunther.

From New York Times

This meant that I loved both “Death Be Not Proud” and “The Secret Garden,” among many other titles.

From New York Times

I kept thinking of poet John Donne’s famous line: “Death, be not proud. ”

From Washington Post

A composer who valued light, a 33-year-old Stucky here starkly demanded that “Death be not proud.”

From Los Angeles Times

The closest he came was in 1949, after his son John, 17, died of brain cancer and Gunther wrote Death Be Not Proud, a moving account of the battle to save his life.

From Time Magazine Archive