In his "Holy Sonnets", he wrote, "Death be not proud, though some have called thee mighty and dreadful"
He wrote his 
private prayers, Devotions upon Emergent Occasions, during a period of ... Death
, be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for thou are 
not... [DOC] [TLE] Death Be Not Proud Analysis John Donne : Summary Explanation ... [PAR] In John Donne s poem,  Death Be Not Proud , he offers death as a living 
being.