"And death shall be no more; death, thou shalt die" (972). This line is from "Death, be not proud" by John Donne. Is he completely bashing death in this poem? Because to me, it sounds like he is. Is he asking to die? I think what the poet is trying to say is that death isn't actually the bad guy. Not only is he not the bad guy, he's not as tough as everyone makes him out to be. Actually, the poet says, it's men who are death. Death has to follow man's bidding.