Lines 1-4:
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.
This is essentially the main point of the entire poem. Donne tells Death not to be proud. Some people have called Death powerful, but Donne claims Death is not. Death may believe that he has defeated those who die, but Donne states those people do not truly die, because their souls live on in the afterlife. According to Donne and the poem, people who die are only dead momentarily, then they live along with all other spirits in Heaven. This is why Donne claims Death cannot kill him.
Lines 5-8:
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.
In line 5, the word pictures more closely means images. In this way, this line is stating that the image of death looks just like a person who is sleeping, which is actually a pleasurable event. Then Donne admits that the best men on the planet must go with Death at some point. However, Donne claims this is not a terrible thing at all. Death is merely giving rest to their bones and delivering their souls to the afterlife.
Lines 9-12:
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