Reread “Death Be Not Proud.”


Which quotation from “Death Be Not Proud” most clearly supports the central idea that in the religious context the author is writing about, death is only temporary?


“Death Be Not Proud”


A. Thou art slave to Fate, Chance, kings, and desperate men,
And dost with poyson, warre, and sicknesse dwell, …

B. One short sleepe past, wee wake eternally,
And death shall be no more; death, thou shalt die.

C. Death be not proud, though some have called thee
Mighty and dreadfull, for, thou art not soe, …

D. For, those, whom thou think’st, thou dost overthrow,
Die not, poore death, nor yet canst thou kill mee.