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 ovrthrow, Die not, poor death, noe 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'rt slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men, And dost with poison, war, and sickness dwell, And poppy or charms can make us sleep as well, And better then thy stroke. Why swell'st thou then? One short sleep pass'd, we wake eternally, And death shall be no more. Death, thou shalt die.