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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 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 art 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 than thy stroke; why swell'st thou then?
One short sleep past, we wake eternally,
And death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die.
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No te enorgullezcas, Muerte si hay quien te ha llamado
Temible y fuerte, porque todo es un engaño;
pues aquellos a quien piensas pronto derrumbar
No morirán, pobre Muerte, así como tampoco lo haré yo.
Del descanso y sueño, imágenes de ti,
no poco se disfruta; entonces de tu nombre mucho más debe venir,
Y pronto nuestros hombres más valientes contigo habrán de ir,
Descanso de sus huesos, y del alma entrega.
Esclava eres de reyes y asesinos, del destino y de la suerte,
y habitas los dolores, las guerras, los venenos;
si encantos y amapolas también nos han dormido
con golpes más certeros; ¿por qué entonces, te envaneces?
Un breve sueño, y eternos despertamos,
y así la muerte es poca cosa. Muerte, ya pronto morirás.
[From: “Holy Sonets”, in Donne, John (1999) The complete poetry and selected prose. London, The modern library. p. 250; Spanish version by your teacher]
the poem is beautiful!, it has deep words and it makes you think about death.
ResponderEliminarI think the poem is really good, it talks about death, it says that death someday is going to come and take you with her.
ResponderEliminarI think it is very interesting the way it refers to death. What I see, is that the author reduces importance to death and make us see that it si not so powerful as others think.
ResponderEliminarI think it´s a great and interesting poem because of the way he treats the theme of death, we can say he faces it as an enemy and I think that´s why it is interesting.
ResponderEliminarI think that is an interesting poem because in our culture we give a high importance to death and in the poem he reduces it importance, so that makes interesting the poem, also cause he says that death will die
ResponderEliminarI really like it... thinks like this that do it reflex and put the reality in front of you is how the words could show you the universal's reality.
ResponderEliminarwell the poem is interesting because it really transmit what the poem means... it mekes you think about the death, now I can imagine that this is something that needs to happen...
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