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" A Valediction Forbidding Mourning As virtuous men pass mildly away, And whisper to their souls to go, Whilst some of their sad friends do say 'The breath goes now,' and some say 'No'; So let us melt, and make no noise, No tear-floods nor sigh-tempests... "
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The English Poets: Selections

Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 626 pages
...of their sad friends do say, ' Now his breath goes,' and some say ' No ' ; TOL. LOO So Jet us meet and make no noise, No tear-floods, nor sigh-tempests move, Twere profanation of our joys, To tell the laity our love. Moving of th' Earth brings harm and fears, Men reckon what it did...
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The Cambridge Book of Poetry and Song

Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1882 - 984 pages
...— DORR. JOHN DONNE. THE FAREWELL. As virtuous men pass mildly away, And whisper lo their souls 1o go; Whilst some of their sad friends do say, The breath goes now — and some say, So let us melt and make no noise, No tear-floods, nor sigh-tempests move; 'Twere profanation of our...
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English Lyrics

English lyrics - 1883 - 340 pages
...some one That will none, Or prove as false as thou dost now. XLVII. VALEDICTION, FORBIDDING MOURNING. AS virtuous men pass mildly away, And whisper to their...souls to go ; Whilst some of their sad friends do say, Now his breath goes, and some say, no ; So let us melt, and make no noise, No tear-floods nor sigh-tempests...
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Izaak Walton's Lives of John Donne, Henry Wotton, Richard Hooker and George ...

Izaak Walton - 1888 - 296 pages
...that none of the Greek or Latin poets did ever equal them : — A VALEDICTION, FORBIDDING TO MOURN. " As virtuous men pass mildly away, And whisper to their souls to go, While some of their sad friends do say, The breath goes now, and some say, No : " So let us melt, and...
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Lives of John Donne, Henry Wotton, Richard Hooker and George Herbert

Izaak Walton - 1888 - 296 pages
...that none of the Greek or Latin poets did ever equal them : — A VALEDICTION, FORBIDDING TO MOURN. " As virtuous men pass mildly away, And whisper to their souls to go, While some of their sad friends do say, The breath goes now, and some sny, No : " So let us melt, and...
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English Poetry and Poets

Sarah Warner Brooks - 1890 - 520 pages
...one of his parting songs, though in his own riddling style, are in sentiment exquisitely beautiful. " As virtuous men pass mildly away, And whisper to their...say, The breath goes now, and some say, no ; " So let ns melt, and make no noise, No tear-floods, no sigh-tempests move ; 'Twere profanation of our joys...
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English Poetry and Poets

Sarah Warner Brooks - 1890 - 518 pages
...parting songs, though in his own riddling style, are in sentiment exquisitely beautiful. " As virtnons men pass mildly away, And whisper to their souls to...say, The breath goes now, and some say, no; " So let ns melt, and make no noise, No tear-floods, no sigh-tempests move ; 'Twere profanation of our joys...
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English Lyrics

1890 - 332 pages
...some one That will none, Or prove as false as thou dost now. XLVII. VALEDICTION, FORBIDDING MOURNING. AS virtuous men pass mildly away, And whisper to their...souls to go ; Whilst some of their sad friends do say, Now his breath goes, and some say, no ; So let us melt, and make no noise, No tear-floods nor sigh-tempests...
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The Library of Choice Literature and Encyclopædia of Universal Authorship ...

Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon - 1893 - 518 pages
...as a cave in Hinnom. " We had a narrow escape I " said Gabriel. VALEDICTION— FORBIDDING MOURNING. As virtuous men pass mildly away, And whisper to their...let us melt, and make no noise, No tear-floods, nor sigh-tem peats move ; 'Twere profanation of our joys To tell the laity our love. Moving of th' earth...
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The Lives of Doctor John Donne, Sir Henry Wotton, Mr. Richard Hooker, Mr ...

Izaak Walton, Vernon Blackburn - 1895 - 344 pages
...say, that none of the Greek or Latin poets did ever equal them. A VALEDICTION, FORBIDDING TO MOURN. As virtuous men pass mildly away, And whisper to their...nor sigh-tempests move ; 'Twere profanation of our joys, To tell the laity our love. Moving of th' earth, brings harms and fears : Men reckon what it...
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