“One short sleep past, we wake eternally, And death shall be no more; death, thou shalt die. John Donne
“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. John Donne
“I die—but first I have possess’d, And come what may, I have been bless’d. George Noel Gordon (Lord Byron)