IDENTILIN$$ F167.00G/HSDeath/1669, p. 318/TJS/o(MH)/5-23-92/cf(CtY)/9-6-92\P&C:JSC\cd(L)\4-3-03\p:mvf\fs(TxAM)\10-16-07
167.00G.0HE %XX.
167.00G.001 D%+Eath be not proud, though some have called thee
167.00G.002 Mighty and dreadful, for, thou art not so,
167.00G.003 For, those, whom thou think'st thou dost overthrow,
167.00G.004 Die not, poor death, nor yet canst thou kill me.
167.00G.005 From rest and sleep, which but thy picture be:
167.00G.006 Much pleasure then from thee, much more must flow,
167.00G.007 And soonest our best men with thee do goe,
167.00G.008 Rest of their bones, and souls delivery
167.00G.009 Thou art slave to Fate, chance, Kings, and desperate men,
167.00G.010 And dost with poyson, warr[~, (MH)] and sickness dwell,
167.00G.011 And poppy, or charms can make us sleep as well,
167.00G.012 And better than thy stroke; why swell'st thou then?
167.00G.013 One short sleep past, we wake eternally,
167.00G.014 And death shall be no more, death thou shalt die. [CW: XI.]
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167.00G.0$$ %1no ind; NB: transcription from MH gave "warr," in l.10--either a press variant or an error (note: editions A-F read "warre," here, and CtY does not, as indicated in IDENTILIN ["cf(CtY)"], have a comma)%2