In his "Holy Sonnets", he wrote, "Death be not proud, though some have called thee mighty and dreadful"
[DOC] [TLE] Holy Sonnets (audio book) - LibriVox Audio Books - BookDesign [PAR] Towards the end of his life Donne wrote works that challenged death, and the 
fear that it ... lines Death, be not proud, though some have called thee mighty 
and dreadful, for thou art not so.