 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 overthrow, Die not, poor death, nor yet canst thou kill me. From rest and sleep, which but thy...  Lyric Poetry - Page 185by Ernest Rhys - 1913 - 374 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Bell - 1799 - 402 pages
...so ; For those whom thou think'st thou dost overthrow Die not, poor Death ! nor yet canst thou kill me. From rest and sleep, which but thy picture be, Much pleasure, then from thee tm:ch more must flow; And soonest our best men with thee do go, Rest of their bones, and soul's delivery.... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 746 pages
...; For those, whom thou think'st thou dost overthrow, Die not, poor death ; nor yet canst thou kill me. From rest and sleep, which but thy picture be,...thee do go, Rest of their bones, and soul's delivery. [men, Thou Vt slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate And dost with poison, war, and sickness dwell,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 728 pages
...death ; nor yet canst < lion kill me. From rest and sleep, which but thy picture be, Much pleasorejthen from thee much more must flow: And soonest our best...thee do go, Rest of their bones, and soul's delivery. [men, Thou 'rt slave to fete, chance, kings, and desperate And dcct with poison, war, and sickness... | |
 | 1833 - 240 pages
...overthrow, Die not, poor Death ; nor yet canst thou kill me. From rest and sleep, which but thy pictures be, Much pleasure ; then from thee much more must...best men with thee do go, Rest of their bones, and souls' delivery. Thou art slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men, And dost with poison, war,... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott - 1834 - 478 pages
...overthrow, Die not, poor Death, nor yet canst thou kill me ; From rest and sleep, which but thy pictures be, Much pleasure, then from thee, much more must...best men with thee do go, Rest of their bones, and souls' delivery. Thou art slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men, And dost with poison, war,... | |
 | Giles Fletcher - 1836 - 442 pages
...overthrow, Die not, poor death, nor yet canst thou kill me : From rest and sleep, which but thy pictures be, Much pleasure, then* from thee much more, must...best men with thee do go, Rest of their bones, and souls' delivery. Thou art slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men, And doth with poison, war,... | |
 | Richard Cattermole - 1836 - 436 pages
...me : From rest and sleep, which but thy pictures be, Much pleasure, then from thee much more, must And soonest our best men with thee do go, Rest of their bones, and souls' delivery. Thou art slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men, And doth with poison, war,... | |
 | 1837 - 646 pages
...conclusion, is unrivalled in our poetry. It is upon Death : From rest and sleep, which but thy pictures be, Much pleasure, then from thee much more, must...best men with thee do go, Rest of their bones and souls' delivery. Thou art slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men, And dost with poison, war,... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott - 1839 - 388 pages
...overthrow, Die not, poor Death, nor yet canst thou kill me ; From rest and sleep, which but thy pictures be, Much pleasure, then from thee, much more must...best men with thee do go, Rest of their bones, and souls' delivery. Thou art slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men, And dost with poison, war,... | |
 | John Donne - 1839 - 588 pages
...death, nor yet canst thou kill me ; From rest and sleep, which but thy pictures be, Much pleasure, than from thee, much more must flow, And soonest our best men with thee do go, Rest of their bones, and souls delivery ; Thou art slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men, And dost with poison, war,... | |
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