About John Donne
He was also a soldier and secretary and came from a recusant family. From 1621 to 1631 he served as Dean of St Paul’s Cathedral in London. His works include sonnets, love and religious poems, Latin translations, epigrams, elegies, songs and satires, and he was famous for his sermons.
![“Death Be Not Proud 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 picture[s] be, Much pleasure, then from thee much…” quote by John Donne](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/1a3/john-donne-933_death_death-be-not-proud-death-be-not-proud-th_814925.png)
