"Death, be not proud"-personification

"Death, be not proud."  This line from "Death, be not proud" by John Donne is an example of personification.  The speaker is talking to death as if it were a person, and they are telling death not to be proud.  "And soonest our best men with thee do go, rest of their bones and souls delivery."  This is another interesting line from the poem.  I took it as talking about the brave soldiers who sacrifice their lives for our country.  "One short sleep passed, we wake eternally."  I think that the speaker looks at death in a more positive way than most people do.  I feel that he saying that the "wake eternally" is when one goes to Heaven and reaches God, and finds complete happiness.