“Thou'rt slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men,
And dost with poison, war, and sickness dwell;
And poppy or charms can make us sleep as well
And better than thy stroke.”

—  John Donne , book Holy Sonnets

No. 10, line 9
Holy Sonnets (1633)

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