Question

In "Death, Be Not Proud," what two things does Donne say give pleasure?

A. Nature and travel
B. Life and death
C. God and salvation
D. Rest and sleep

Answer 1

this might be a tricky question because I was on the same question and I thought it was B. (life and death). But reading carefully line 5 and 6 from the poem, it pretty much gives you the answer. ( "From rest and sleep, which but thy pictures be, Much pleasure; then from thee much more must flow, ...")  So reading that I think the right answer is D. (Rest and Sleep.)

Answer 2

D.) Rest and Sleep

Line of "Death, Be Not Proud" by John Donne

5th line : From rest and sleep, which but they pictures be,
6th line : Much pleasure; then from the much more must flow

The lines state that the two things that give pleasure is rest and sleep.